The Hohokam of Pueblo Grande

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- Wingfield Plain pitcher
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Small, reconstructed Wingfield Plain pitcher. This pitcher was part of a vessel cache located under the floor of a room at the Pueblo Grande site, recovered during an archaeological excavation conducted within the corridor now occupied by State...
- Wingfield Plain miniature jar
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Wingfield plainware pinch pot. Interior is a cylindrical cavity that does not follow exterior vessel form. recovered from a feature interpreted as a turtle burial at the Pueblo Grande site in the habitation area closest to the platform mound,...
- Whistle
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Whistle made from a bone from a large bird. Drilled hole is slightly off center. Whistles are identified by a hole drilled into a bone tube. Recovered east of the platform mound at the pueblo Grande site. At Pueblo Grande, whistles generally...
- Turquoise pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Tab shaped pendant manufactured from turquoise with extensive dark brown inclusions. Edges are all ground smooth, surface has been polished, but scratches remain. This pendant was recovered from a room in a large compound of at least 17 rooms at...
- Turquoise pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Oval, almost teardrop shaped pendant manufactured from turquoise. Small perforation is slightly off-center at the narrow end. Edges are rounded and smoothed, surfaces well polished. This pendant was recovered from a Preclassic pithouse at the...
- 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...
- Three quarter grooved ax
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Large three-quarter grooved axe, manufactured from diorite. The bit is long and tapered, the groove is ridged, and the end of the poll is rough and concave. A few striations are present and there are nicks on the end of the bit, but no other wear...
- Three quarter grooved ax
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Large three-quarter grooved ax, manufactured from diorite, with a very symmetrical blade. Blade has scratches and striations, from use rather than manufacture. This ax was recovered from a habitation area of the Pueblo Grande site. Three quarter...
- Sherd spindle whorl
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Santa Cruz Red-on-buff perforated sherd disk, made from a piece of a bowl, probably used as a spindle whorl. Whorls of this size and weight were suitable for spinning fine yarn. The Hohokam grew cotton, but also used other fibers. Recovered from...
- Sherd spindle whorl
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Medium to large sized perforated disk, manufactured from a Sacaton Red-on-buff jar sherd. Shape is rough and the edges are incompletely smoothed; perforation is slightly off center. This spindle whorl was recovered a free-standing room in a...
- Sherd spindle whorl
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Small to medium sized perforated sherd disk spindle whorl, manufactured from a redware jar sherd. Exterior surface bears a heavy polished slip, while the interior is unpolished and unslipped, but very smooth and even; paste heavily tempered with...
- Shell pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Diamond shaped pendant with rounded corners, made of Laevicardium shell. Etched design mirrors the shape of the pendant; consists of rows of diamond shapes with rounded corners, with a raised diamond in the center of each. Four of the diamonds...
- Shell pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Small ring style ornament manufactured from a juvenile Glycymeris shell. Recovered from a sheet trash deposit during a very small monitoring project near the ballcourt at the site of Pueblo Grande. The Hohokam culture probably had artists who...
- Shell pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Small frog or toad effigy pendant, manufactured from a juvenile Glycymeris shell. The Hohokam culture is noted for its shell jewelry; they used shell from the Gulf of California and the Pacific coast. Frogs or toads are very common design motifs...
- Shell pendant
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Open diamond shaped pendant, manufactured from a Laevicardium shell. Perforation is drilled into corner shank. Shell is chalky and eroded, off-white in color. This pendant was recovered from a compound room in a habitation area at the site of...
- 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...
- Shell bracelet
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Bracelet manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. Top edge and exterior surface show some striations from smoothing and shaping. Underside of bracelet shows some polish and slight enhancement of the natural shell form. This bracelet was recovered from...
- Shell bracelet
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Bracelet manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. Top edge and exterior surface show deep, multidirectional grinding striations. Red hematite pigment on lower edge of exterior and traces on the interior. This bracelet was recovered from a late...
- Scraper
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Utilized core tool manufactured from a gray basalt cobble. At least four flakes were removed from one end of the cobble, creating a steep edge angle. Tiny bifacial utilization flake scars occur inside the larger flake scars of the working edge....
- Schist spindle whorl
- Unknown
- Hohokam
- Perforated disk, manufactured from micaceous schist, probably used as a spindle whorl. Whorls of this size and weight were suitable for spinning fine yarn. Recovered from a pit located in a habitation area of the Pueblo Grande site. Spindle...