2021 Fall Newsletter

Pomona people lived in irregular round or oval shaped structures which were constructed of a light frame of saplings, covered with thatch, and plastered with wattle and daub. Wattle and daub are a composite building method used for making walls and buildings in which a woven lattice of wooden strips called wattle is daubed with a sticky material usually made of some combination of wet soil, clay, sand, animal dung and straw.

When they would go fishing, they would use Bone Fish Hooks. When making arrowheads they uti lized Hammerstones to shape the flint or chert and Sandstone Abraders the help sharpen the arrow points or to straighten arrow shafts. To crush the corn into meal, Grinding Stones were used.

Buildings included both hearths and storage pits. Pomona pots are globular and have constricted necks. Different types of pottery are associated with this timeframe. They include Vessels with High Verti cal Rims, Cord Roughened Pots, Vertical and S Rims, Untampered Pottery and High Rim Jars.

Fresno Points, Small Side Notched Points;

Other types of tools used include Diamond Shaped Knives, Drills, Gravers, Scrapers, Celts, Manos, Bone Awls, Beveled Knives and the Bow and Arrow. From artifacts found we can interpret the Pamo na-Phase people’s diet included Cow, Bison, White tailed deer, Redbud Seed, Croton Seed, Vetch Seed, Lambsquarter Seed, Water Reed Seed, Mustard Seed, Passionflower Seeds, Black Walnuts, Hickory Nut, Pecan, Kingnut, Blackberry, Raspberry, Mulberry and Hazelnut.

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