- Oak Planting Stick
Description: Crooked oak planting stick, flattened on one end and found sticking out of trash in the back of a small cave several miles up Sycamore Canyon. Dimensions: 128.5 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Walnut or Oak Digging Stick
Description: Walnut or oak digging stick slightly flattened on one end. Dimensions: 147.5 cm long, 2.5 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Oak or Walnut Planting Stick
Description: Planting stick flattened on one end and made from either oak or walnut. Dimensions: 180.5 cm, 3.8 cm diameter. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mexican Blue Oak (Quercus oblongifolia)
Common name: Blue Oak Scientific name: Quercus oblongifolia Uses: Acorns (nuts) widely eaten as food by Acoma, Apache, Cocopah, Gosiute, Havasupai, Hualapai, Laguna, Mohave, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Southern Paiute, Tewa, Uintah Ute, Yavapai, and Yuma. Variously used for making tools/tool parts (digging sticks, handles, etc.), ceremonial/ritual purposes, and as a tannin (Apache). Sap may also be used as chewing gum or as an adhesive (Navajo). - Shrub Live-Oak (Quercus turbinella)
Common name: Live Oak Scientific name: Quercus turbinella Uses: Acorns (nuts) widely eaten as food by Acoma, Apache, Cocopah, Gosiute, Havasupai, Hualapai, Laguna, Mohave, Navajo, Papago, Pima, Southern Paiute, Tewa, Uintah Ute, Yavapai, and Yuma. Variously used for making tools/tool parts (digging sticks, handles, etc.), ceremonial/ritual purposes, and as a tannin (Apache). Sap may also be used as chewing gum or as an adhesive (Navajo).