Another ground stone artifact type which can be traced back to Chocise origins is a stone maul encircled with a full, nearly full, or three quarter hafting groove. Grooved stone axe artifacts also found in Mogollon sites.
Mogollon Indian made a great many other stone artifacts, including paint palettes, stone dishes, tubular and truncated. Conical stone smoking pipes, similar pipes were also made of fired clay.
The characteristic Mogollon Indian chipped stone projectile point was either small or medium sized. It was triangular or ovate-triangular and had diagonal notches at the corners of the base. This type was more common in the early periods, and later was partially replaced by narrow, small, triangular side notched points which frequently had serrated edges. Mogollon Indian chipped stone artifacts assemblages also include knives, drills, scrappers and chopping implemen
A great many awls were made of bone, utilizing deer and other mammal bones, also large bird bones. Flakers, for working chipped stone, were made of bone or antler. Bone needles, pins, fleshing tools and bone tubes artifacts also found at Mogollon sites.
All these artifacts appear to have been widely distributed throughout Mogollon periods. Bones was also used for making small engraved, plain disks, or rectangle or cubes, and also for making small disk beads. Beads, bracelets and pendants also were made of shell and ground stone. Basketry, sandals and artifact of wood have been taken from the Tularosa and Cordova caves.
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