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    • Plummet

    • Plummet

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • Metate

    • Metate

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • Salt Plain seed jar

    • Salt Plain seed jar

    • Unknown

    • Hohokam

    • Small ovoid jar of Salt Plan, a seed jar form with a restricted opening and no neck. Smoothly finished, fired to a reddish brown, with two large fire clouds on one side. Wear on base and at rim, reveals sand temper. A few large flakes of gold...
    • 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...
    • Mano

    • Mano

    • Unknown

    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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...
    • 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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