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is still used by the Mishoninovi priests in their sacred observances. 
Among other forms of prayer offerings there were many small wooden 
cylinders with radiat- 
ing sticks connected 
with yarn, the sym- 
bolic prayer offering 
for squashes.' In for- yh 
mer times Antelope ee 
valley was the garden peut 
spot of Tusayan, and 
from what we know of 
the antiquity of the 
Fig. 258—Shrine at Awatobi 
cultivation of squashes in the Southwest, there is little doubt that they 
were cultivated by the Awatobians, and that similar offerings were 
Fie, 259—Shrine at Awatobi 
made by the ancient farmers 
for a good crop of these vege- 
tables. 
POTTERY 
The mounds of Awatobi are 
entirely covered with frag- 
ments of pottery of. all the 
various kinds and colors 
known to ancient Tusayan. 
There were found coiled and 
indented ware, coarse undeco- 
rated vessels, fine yellow and smooth ware with black-and-white and red 
decorations. There is no special kind of pottery peculiar to Awatobi, 
but it shares 
with the other 
Tusayan ruins 
all types, save 
a few frag- 
ments of black 
glazed ware, 
which occur 
elsewhere. 
It is highly , 
probable that 
the few speci- 
mens of black- 
and-white ware 
found in this 
ruin were not 
manufactured 
Fic. 260—Shrine at Awatobi 
in the village, and the red ware probably came from settlements to the 
1See the ear-ornament of the mask shown in plate cviu, of the Fifteenth Annual Report. 
