Stone Artifacts Gallery


Paleoindian projectile points

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Paleoindian projectile points

  • L to R: Clovis (fragment), lanceolate, Eden, Hell Gap
  • Paleoindian period: 13,000–6500 B.C.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

Paleoindian projectile points

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Paleoindian projectile points

  • L to R: Clovis (fragment), lanceolate, Eden, Hell Gap
  • Paleoindian period: 13,000–6500 B.C.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

Archaic projectile points

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Archaic projectile points

  • Archaic period: 6500–500 B.C.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

Archaic projectile points

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Archaic projectile points

  • Archaic period: 6500–500 B.C.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

Archaic projectile points

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Archaic/Basketmaker II projectile points

  • Basketmaker II period: 500 B.C.–A.D. 500
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

Archaic/Basketmaker II projectile points

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Archaic/Basketmaker II projectile points

  • Archaic period: 6500–500 B.C.
  • Basketmaker II period: 500 B.C.–A.D. 500
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Basketmaker III projectile points

  • Basketmaker III period: A.D. 500–750
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Basketmaker III projectile points

  • Basketmaker III period: A.D. 500–750
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Basketmaker III projectile points

  • Basketmaker III period: A.D. 500–750
  • Pueblo I period: A.D. 750–900
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Basketmaker III/Pueblo I projectile points

  • Basketmaker III period: A.D. 500–750
  • Pueblo I period: A.D. 750–900
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Pueblo II–Pueblo III projectile points

  • Pueblo II period: A.D. 900–1150
  • Pueblo III period: A.D. 1150–1300
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Pueblo II–Pueblo III projectile points

  • Pueblo II period: A.D. 900–1150
  • Pueblo III period: A.D. 1150–1300
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Drills

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Drills

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Knives

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Knives

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Scrapers

  • The scraper on the far left is fashioned from a broken projectile point; note the hafting element.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Scrapers

  • The scraper on the far left is fashioned from a broken projectile point; note the hafting element.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Scrapers

  • Angled view shows working edge of scrapers
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Denticulates

  • Multipurpose sawing, cutting, scraping tools.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Denticulates

  • Multipurpose sawing, cutting, scraping tools.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Manos

  • Top row, L to R: one-hand mano, one-hand mano, two-hand mano
    Bottom row: two-hand manos
  • Manos were used with metates to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Manos

  • Top row, L to R: one-hand mano, one-hand mano, two-hand mano
    Bottom row: two-hand manos
  • Manos were used with metates to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Manos

  • Angled view shows manos in cross section.
  • Used with metates to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • Top row, L to R: one-hand mano, one-hand mano, two-hand mano
    Bottom row: all two-hand manos
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Metates

  • Used with manos to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • L to R: basin metate, trough metate, and slab metate
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Metates

  • Used with manos to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • L to R: basin metate, trough metate, and slab metate
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Manos and metates

  • Used to grind corn and other foodstuffs.
  • L to R: basin metate and one-hand mano (Archaic period, 6500–500 B.C.); trough metate and two-hand mano (Basketmaker II–Pueblo II periods, 500 B.C–A.D. 1150); and slab metate and two-hand mano (Pueblo III period, A.D. 1150–1300)
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Mortar and pestle

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Mortar and pestle

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Axes

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Axes

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Mauls

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Mauls

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Mark Montgomery, photographer

Maul

  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2001.16.5AA92.837)

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Abraders

  • Possible uses: smoothing arrow shafts; shaping stone, bone, and shell ornaments.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Abraders

  • Possible uses: smoothing arrow shafts; shaping stone, bone, and shell ornaments.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Tchamahias (pronounced with silent “t”)

  • Possible utilitarian (hoeing, digging) and ceremonial uses.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Tchamahias (pronounced with silent “t”)

  • Possible utilitarian (hoeing, digging) and ceremonial uses.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer

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Tchamahias (pronounced with silent “t”)

  • Possible utilitarian (hoeing, digging) and ceremonial uses.
  • Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections

Mark Montgomery, photographer