Stone Artifacts Gallery
SLIDE 1:
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
SLIDE 2:
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
SLIDE 3:
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
SLIDE 4:
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
SLIDE 5:
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
SLIDE 6:
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
SLIDE 7:
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
SLIDE 8:
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
SLIDE 9:
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
SLIDE 10:
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
SLIDE 11:
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
SLIDE 12:
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
SLIDE 13:
Drills
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 14:
Drills
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 15:
Knives
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 16:
Knives
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 17:
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
SLIDE 18:
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
SLIDE 19:
Scrapers
- Angled view shows working edge of scrapers
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 20:
Denticulates
- Multipurpose sawing, cutting, scraping tools.
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 21:
Denticulates
- Multipurpose sawing, cutting, scraping tools.
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 22:
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
SLIDE 23:
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
SLIDE 24:
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
SLIDE 25:
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
SLIDE 26:
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
SLIDE 27:
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
SLIDE 28:
Mortar and pestle
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 29:
Mortar and pestle
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 30:
Axes
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 31:
Axes
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 32:
Mauls
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 33:
Mauls
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 34:
Maul
- Bureau of Land Management–Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum collections (2001.16.5AA92.837)
Mark Montgomery, photographer
SLIDE 35:
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
SLIDE 36:
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
SLIDE 37:
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
SLIDE 38:
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
SLIDE 39:
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
