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The Hohokam of Pueblo Grande
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    • Palette

    • Palette

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small subrectangular palette manufactured from dark gray phyllite. Specimen has a deeply worn central area with brownish-orange staining. This palette was used to grind small amounts of red pigment. Palette was recovered from the floor of a room...
    • Awl

    • Awl

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Complete awl, manufactured from a bone from the front leg of a deer. The tip shows polish from use. Awls such as this one may have been used to punch holes in organic raw materials during manufacture of various objects, such as baskets or...
    • Three-quarter grooved ax

    • Three-quarter grooved ax

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Medium sized three-quarter grooved axe, manufactured from a basalt or diorite. This ax was recovered from the floor of a room in the compound adjacent to the platform mound at Pueblo Grande. It is thought that these tools were used for heavy...
    • Shell pendant

    • Shell pendant

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small flat frog or toad pendant manufactured from a Laevicardium shell. Front legs flank either side of the rounded head; suspension hole drilled in center of head. Diamond shaped body with nine indentations arranged in a diamond pattern; body...
    • Polishing stone

    • Polishing stone

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small polishing stone, of an extremely fine grained sedimentary rock. Surface is very glossy, covered with fine, regular scratches. The reddish orange areas on the surface and in fine cracks appear to be pigment stains. Polishing stones such as...
    • Mano

    • Mano

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Whole mano with trough wear from a metate. Manufactured from basalt. A mano is the active element of the two-piece grinding set (mano and metate) used to grind corn for consumption. This mano was recovered from the site of Pueblo Grande just east...

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