ans were one of the stap
le foods. The peop
le
at San Ildefonso today know the
m as "tewatu." It is possible
that the
same name was given beans at pre
historic
Frijoles.
There were ma
ny uses for gourds also. Half-sections
were
scraped clean of their pulp and
used as dippers an
d ladles. Whol
e gourds were used as rattles in ceremonialdances. Broken pieces could h
ape and smoo
th
wet pottery before it wa
s fired.
Almost everywhere we
re products of
the earth. And
they were
used to their fullest extent. These people
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ever raised in Hidden
Valley is questionable. Pieces of the simple over-and-under
weave cloth have been found in the ruins. The growing season
i
n the
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ns might have b
een too shor
t. It might be
that these Indians traded with their
neighbors to the south
for their necessary supply of cotton. Cotton
was woven into
ceremonial paraphernalia and also into garments. Me
n wore
cotton bre
ech clouts while
women wore large mantas of
cotton cloth.
This cloth was suspen
ded from one sh
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