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- 7/8-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Blocky 7/8-groove sandstone maul. Dimensions: L 8.0, W 7.3, T 6.1 CM; groove average W 1.6, D 0.6 CM Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 6, "F1" OR "Fl" (Note: Floor is the more likely context). Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Blocky Full-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Blocky full-groove vesicular basalt maul possibly manufactured from an exhausted mano. Dimensions: L 10.8, W 10.4, T 7.0 CM; groove average W 2.0, D 0.5 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, FLOOR CENTER. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - One-handed Mano, Alternate View
Description: Bifacial one-handed mano. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4723). - Well-made Full-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-made full-groove maul. Dimensions: L 8.9, DIAM 8.8 - 7.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Probably Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Possible Pestle
Description: Rectangular piece of partially polished groundstone with a square cross-section identified as a possible pestle. Both ends are slightly tapered and one end is ground smooth. Dimensions: Unknown. Provenience: Unknown. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 2576). - 7/8-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Subrectangular maul with a 7/8-groove. Dimensions: L 9.9, W 9.0, T 6.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, SUBFLOOR TRENCH, WESTERN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Broken Axe/Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Broken full-groove axe reused as a maul. An unknown organic substance is present on one side. Dimensions: L 9.4, W 8.1, T 4.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 10, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 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). - Sandstone Mortar
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan Description: Sandstone mortar. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at Navajo National Monument (Catalog No. 3464). - Andesite Anvil
Description: Andesite pottery anvil. Dimensions: Max Diam 9.5, H 6.7 cm. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Well-made Full-groove Maul, Alternate View
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Well-made full-groove maul. Dimensions: L 8.9, DIAM 8.8 - 7.3 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), Probably Surface. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - 7/8-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Subrectangular maul with a 7/8-groove. Dimensions: L 9.9, W 9.0, T 6.7 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 11, SUBFLOOR TRENCH, WESTERN. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Full-groove Maul
Cultural Period: Ancestral Puebloan, Atsinna Pueblo (A.D. 1275 – mid-1300s) Description: Full-groove flat-headed maul with a rounded head. Dimensions: L 7.8, W 7.8 CM. Provenience: LA 99 (Atsinna Pueblo), RM 1-S, BETWEEN VENT & DEFLECTOR, FLOOR. Collection: National Park Service, El Morro. - Argillite Spindle Whorl, Alternate View
Description: Argillite spindle whorl. Dimensions: L 4.0, W 4.0, T 0.4 mm. Provenience: Upper Ruin. Collection: WACC, Tonto National Monument (Catalog No. TONT 4741). - Polishing Stone
This small, round stone found on the surface of the site may have been a smoothing or polishing stone, tools used most commonly in pottery manufacture. Other ground stone artifacts recovered from the site include grinding tools, such as manos and metates, used to process seeds, corn, and other foods, and abrading tools used in stone tool manufacture and perhaps hide processing.