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The Hohokam of Pueblo Grande
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    • Shell pendant

    • 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...
    • Salt Red jar

    • Salt Red jar

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Nearly complete, medium to large sized Salt Red jar, from the eastern edge of the platform mound at Pueblo Grande. This type of pottery generally dates to the Classic Period. Note the large spalled area on the shoulderand just below it. This...
    • Abrader

    • Abrader

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Shaft abrader manufactured from a dark gray basalt, with five "u" shaped grooves that vary slightly with the deepest and widest groove being located in the center of the abrader. Striations run the length of each groove. Tools such as this were...
    • Mat impression

    • Mat impression

    • Goddu, Dana

    • Hohokam

    • Mat impression discovered during the excavation of Room 68 on top of the Pueblo Grande platform mound. Plaited mat impressions like this one are normally found on the underside of ceramic artifacts called comals, flat griddle-like objects. It is...
    • 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...
    • Ceramic spindle whorl

    • Ceramic spindle whorl

    • Unknown

    • 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.
    • Gila Plain bird effigy pitcher

    • Gila Plain bird effigy pitcher

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small, Gila Plain bird effigy pitcher. This effigy vessel was recovered from a habitation area, located east of the platform mound at Pueblo Grande. Bird effigy vessels such as this one were made later in the Hohokam cultural sequence.
    • Scraper

    • 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....
    • Painted and carved shell ornament

    • Painted and carved shell ornament

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Partial carved and painted shell ornament, possibly a pendant, manufactured from a Glycymeris valve. The band contains an incised and painted geometric design, reminiscent of Classic Period pottery. Remaining paint is black in color. This ornament...
    • Ring

    • Ring

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • Whistle

    • 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...
    • Wingfield Plain miniature jar

    • 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,...
    • Footprints

    • Footprints

    • Hayden, Julian

    • Hohokam

    • Footprints made by Hohokam, discovered during the excavation of Room 14, a large room with thick walls and unusual construction details on top of the platform mound at the Pueblo Grande site. It is believed the room was never used, due to the...
    • 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...

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