- Double Bit Stone Axe
Description: Double bit, 3/4 groove stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 12.25 cm long x 5.5 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 254). - Woven Handbag, Detail
Description: A woven handbag made by folding a strip of cloth in half and sewing the edges. The design was made using a technique known as weft floating. Dimensions: 12 x 6 inches. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 123). - Gourd Container
Description: A small gourd "paint pot" with a yucca fiber stopper, found with yellow-brown paint powder inside. Dimensions: Approximately 13 cm long; body of gourd 6.5 cm wide. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 149). - Unworked Bone
Description: Unworked deer metapodial. Dimensions: Approximately 27.25 cm long Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center. - Corn
Description: A short corn cob retaining most of the original kernels. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 448). - Stone Axe
Description: 3/4 groove stone axe. Dimensions: 6 inches long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 205). - Split Feather Detail
Description: Close view of the sinew wrapped split feathers on MOCA 457, an arrow mainshaft. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 457). - Stone Paint Palette
Description: Stone palette on which pigment was prepared. Flakes of hematite (iron ore) were ground into a powder on the sandstone palette. Dimensions: Approximately 12.5 x 10.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 111). - Arrow Foreshaft
Description: Arrow foreshaft, nearly perfect with only a bit of tip broken off, and part of reed at either end still socketing the other end of foreshaft. The foreshaft is still bound with sinew for holding the foreshaft in the shaft. Dimensions: Approximately 30.5 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 458). - Modern Pendant
Description: A modern replica of a prehistoric pendant, made of wood with turquoise and coral mosaic. Dimensions: Approximately 3 x 4 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 1571). - Yucca Needle
Description: Yucca needle. Dimensions: Approximately 3.75 cm (needle), 5 cm (string); total length approximately 8.75 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 52?). - Mano and Metate
Description: Metate made from volcanic rock with a deep groove and a one sided sandstone mano. Dimensions: Metate 5.5 inches from grinding surface to rim; Mano approx. 14 x 8 cm. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 115 - metate, and MOCA 318 - mano). - Axe Handle
Description: A well-used wooden axe handle. The haft, mended with yucca cord, would have wrapped around a stone axe. Dimensions: Approximately 26.75 cm long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 444). - Netting
Description: Twisted agave netting. Dimensions: Unknown. Collection: On display at the Tuzigoot National Monument Visitor Center (catalog card). - Mortar and Pestle
Description: Mortar made from vesicular basalt and plug-shaped pestle of the same material. Dimensions: Mortar diam 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), bowl diam. 2 in (approx. 5 cm), thickness 1.75 in (4.45 cm), depth 1 in (2.54 cm); Pestle 4.5 in (11.43 cm) long. Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 97 - mortar, and MOCA 264 - pestle).