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- Basalt Pottery Anvil
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Basalt pottery anvil used as an aid in shaping ceramic vessels. Provenience unknown. Dimensions: 6 cm (H) x 8.5 cm (W) (2.36 x 3.35 in). Collection: On display at Wupatki National Monument. - Basalt Mortar
Description: Small circular basalt mortar or bowl. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Mortar
Description: Basalt mortar or grinding bowl. Dimensions: 6.5(Height),13.3 cm(Diam). Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Mano
Description: Rectangular basalt two-handed bifacial mano. Dimensions: 18.5 cm (L), 10.0 cm (W), 3.27 cm (Th). Collection: On display at the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Mano
Description: Vesicular basalt mano. Dimensions: 23.5 x 10.7 x 4.9 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Mano
Description: Bifacial rectangular vesicular basalt mano with rounded corners and hand grooves on each side. Dimensions: 19 x 10.3 x 3.8 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt Cylinders
Cultural Period: Sinagua Description: Shaped scoriaceous basalt cylinders; function unknown. Recovered primarily from Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Max. - 8.95 cm (L) x 3.12 c (diam.); Min. - 4.6 cm (L) x 2.1 (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Basalt Cylinder
Description: Cylinder made from scoriaceous basalt. The maker ground the stone to create this shape with rounded ends, but the function is unknown. Dimensions:8.6 cm (L), 2.73 cm (Diam). Collection: On display at Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Basalt "Bullets"
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan/Sinagua Description: Tapering, bullet-shaped objects made of basalt and carefully smoothed; found in Wupatki Pueblo. Dimensions: Left - Unknown; Right - 6.25 cm (L) x 1.6 cm (diam.). Collection: Museum of Northern Arizona: Wupatki. - Axe, Alternate View 2
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge and a blunt edge that was used as a hammer. Dimensions: L 14.5, W 7, T 4.3 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 9, Floor. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 537). - Axe, Alternate View
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge. Dimensions: L 5 3/4, W 2 7/16, T 1 1/4 in. Provenience: Lower Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 96). - Axe, Alternate View
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a single cutting edge and a blunt edge that was used as a hammer. Dimensions: L 14.5, W 7, T 4.3 cm. Provenience: Upper Ruin, Room 9, Floor. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 537). - Axe with Rounded Poll
Description: 3/4-groove axe with a rounded poll. Dimensions: L 17.3, W 6.5, T 5.8 cm. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 1369). - Axe Reused as a Hammer
Description: A 3/4-groove diorite axe reused as a hammer. Dimensions: 7.6 x 3.2 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Axe Bit
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Axe fragment consisting of the bit end, which has a flaked edge and diagonal/longitudinal striations across the face. Dimensions: L 5.7, W 5.0, T 1.0 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), REFUSE MOUND, TEST 3, 20-30 CM. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro.