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preservation was remarkable•> Utility stone tools suggest a
Kogollon-Eohokam tradition, with post-eruptive Kayenta Anasazl
and Hohokam introductions* Stone ornaments and religious
items suggest Chaco Anasazl and Hohokam contacts* Haw mate­
rials indicate trade with California, southern and western
Arizona, the Hopl area, and western New Mexico« Many of the
stone traits may have later diffused to the Hopl Mesa area
peoples* Ceramic artifacts include Hohokam (ultimately Keso-
amerlcan) traits 9 Kayenta Anasazl painted pottery* Mdgollon
or southern plainware pottery, and some Chaco forms* The
extensive shell collection of ornamental and religious items
indicates Hohokam Influence, and the long standing trade routes
linking plateau» desert, and Colorado River peoples in prehis­
toric times* Ceremonial shell trumpets may "be connected with
Plumed Serpent ceremonies* However, the large bone collection
Is of typical Anasazl and Mo go lion tradition* There is little
correlation with the Hohokam bone assemblages* A typical
Pueblo yucca fiber artifact assemblage was found, with a few
Hohokam or Chaco introductions» Domesticated cotton artifacts
: were numerous* Wupatki was obviously an important weaving
center, bat while Slnagua weaving is Anasazl in technique, it
is Hohokam in design and pattern, a blend which was later Intro
dueed to the Hopl, along with Hohokam bean and squash plants*
Wooden artifacts for hunting and weaving are Anasazl In type,
bat digging sticks and fire tools are Hohokam* A few Mogollon
and Chaco ceremonial traits appear, and the copper bells