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The Hohokam of Pueblo Grande
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    • Ceramic pendant

    • Ceramic pendant

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    • Hohokam

    • Medium sized oval pendant with smoothly ground edges, manufactured from a Santa Cruz Red-on-buff jar sherd. Bull's-eye design with ten hooks extending from around circumference. Perforation for suspension is located near the edge at one narrow...
    • Ceramic spindle whorl

    • Ceramic spindle whorl

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    • Hohokam

    • Modeled ceramic spindle whorl. Whorls of this size and weight were suitable for spinning fine yarn. This spindle whorl was recovered from a habitation area at Pueblo Grande, located east of the platform mound and surviving ballcourt.
    • Drill

    • Drill

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    • Hohokam

    • Large drill with a narrow, elongated blade and a wide, flat base. Blade is retouched on both surfaces, cross-section is thick and diamond shaped. Base is very wide, shows some wear and chipping. Manufactured from a very fine-grained, medium brown...
    • Groundstone ring

    • Groundstone ring

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    • Hohokam

    • Large groundstone ring manufactured from a dense vesicular basalt. Torus was recovered from a habitation area at the Pueblo Grande site; this area contained both pithouses and a well preserved compound with at least 17 rooms. It is not known...
    • Mammalian figurine

    • Mammalian figurine

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    • Hohokam

    • Solidly modeled mammalian quadruped figurine with elongated body and upright ears and tail. Punctuate eyes are deep and oval in shape. Anus is more triangular. Design is partially obliterated by erosion, soot and soil. Vertical stripes are painted...
    • Mano

    • Mano

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    • Hohokam

    • Mano manufactured from a vesicular basalt. The working surface is smooth, polished, and slightly darker in color. Darker coloration extends up onto the sides of the mano. Recovered from the floor of a pit house at the site of Pueblo Grande. A...
    • Metate

    • Metate

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    • Hohokam

    • Trough metate, manufactured from a vesicular basalt or rhyolite. Interior shows some polish from wear. This metate was recovered a pithouse at the site of Pueblo Grande. Fully shaped trough metates with two open ends, like this one, are found...
    • Nose plug

    • Nose plug

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    • Hohokam

    • Small nose plug manufactured from a reddish brown argillite. Curved, with flared ends; one end has a depression, presumably for an inset decorative material, while the other is only slightly concave. This specimen was recovered from a habitation...
    • Plummet

    • Plummet

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    • Hohokam

    • Small plummet, manufactured from vesicular basalt. A groove has been carved around the wider end. Field notes indicate that this plummet was among the numerous artifacts recovered from a pit that had burned bighorn sheep horns, located in a...
    • Point

    • Point

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    • Hohokam

    • Triangular stemless projectile point manufactured from translucent dark gray obsidian. Recovered from a pit located in a habitation area at Pueblo Grande. Obsidian was obtained by the Hohokam from a number of different sources in the state.
    • Ring

    • Ring

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    • Hohokam

    • Ring made from a section of a large bone. Series of V shaped cuts along edges create undulating profile. Most ring shaped ornaments from Hohokam sites are made from shell, while bone is used for ornaments such as hairpins. Recovered from the...
    • Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl

    • Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small hemispherical Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl with a mirrored quartered design layout. The surface has numerous anvil depressions, left from shaping during the manufacturing process. There are many paddle facets on the exterior, also from the...
    • Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl sherd

    • Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl sherd

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    • Hohokam

    • Rim sherd from a Sacaton Red-on-buff bowl. This sherd was recovered from a trashmound at the site of Pueblo Grande, during an archaeological project known as the Salt River Valley Stratigraphic Survey, funded by the federal government under the...
    • Sacaton Red-on-buff scoop

    • Sacaton Red-on-buff scoop

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    • Hohokam

    • Complete Sacaton Red-on-buff ceramic scoop. Surfaces are relatively smooth. Rim is worn on the left front due to use. This scoop was recovered as part of a salvage project conducted before the construction of a storm drain on the grounds of...
    • Sacaton Red-on-buff sherd

    • Sacaton Red-on-buff sherd

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Large rim sherd from a Sacaton Red-on-buff jar. Recovered from a trashmound at the site of Pueblo Grande, during an archaeological project known as the Salt River Valley Stratigraphic Survey, funded by the federal government under the Works...
    • Salt Red bowl

    • Salt Red bowl

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    • Hohokam

    • Small hemispherical Salt Red bowl. Exterior surface has a thick orange red slip that is polished, with visible paddle facets from shaping and small fireclouds from the firing process. Interior surface is smudged black with visible unpatterned...
    • Shell pendant

    • Shell pendant

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    • 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...
    • Sherd spindle whorl

    • 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

    • 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...

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