USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -There are many different Native American tribes associated with the Sonoran Desert, each with their own culture, beliefs, and traditions. Some of those tribes are Pascua Yaqui (Yoeme), Seri, Tohono O’odham, Gila River Indian Community, and the Cocopah.

Detailed explanation-2: -As artist Mike Daniel explains, pottery served the people of Native American tribes as much more than a tool. The clay was a canvas for the Native Americans to express themselves through symbols and designs or signify belonging to a specific tribe or family.

Detailed explanation-3: -Native Americans used local sources of quartz crystal, silicified sandstone, and chert – as well as other types of rock – for tools and ornaments. A variety of stone was flaked into tools on this Polk County site: clockwise from upper left is quartz crystal, novaculite, chert, and silicified sandstone (3PL3, 1973-157).

Detailed explanation-4: -As with most early pottery, Native American pottery was born out of necessity and its uses included cooking, storing grains, and holding water. It’s thought that Native Americans began with covering cooking baskets (made of woven casings) with mud.