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Hohokam Arts and Crafts Book

Bottle Gourd Plant with GourdsHOHOKAM ARTS AND CRAFTS

By Barbara Gronemann

This wonderful 47 page, 8.5”x11” soft cover book is jammed full of information about the prehistoric Hohokam of the Phoenix Basin. The book is divided into sections. Each section begins with information about one of the crafts of the Hohokam people. This information is based upon what the archaeologists have learned from their many excavations of sites where the Hohokam lived. Following each introduction is a hands-on example of that craft. The needed materials are listed and then step by step directions are given along with self explanatory pictures.

Teachers, museum educators, students studying the Hohokam, grandparents and curious learners purchase this book.

It can be found in museum shops, National Park gift shops or ordered through this web site author’s E-mail which is bgronemann@aol.com.

The retail cost of each publication is $14.95 plus shipping.
click here for Hohokam Shell Jewelry introduction

For a page example of the introduction to the Hohokam Shell Jewelry section please click on the shell icon at left. Directions follow on creating a Shell Bead Necklace and a Mosaic Shell Pendant in the printed book.

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