Post by red on Jun 1, 2006 6:42:00 GMT -8
Native relics found in Azusa
www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3886337
About 50 manos, or hand tools, nutcrackers and other grinding-tool relics used by the Tongva/Gabrielino Indians in the village known as Ashuukshanga will be on public view at the Azusa Public Library, 729 N. Dalton Ave.
Ashuukshanga, where Azusa derived its name, was one of the larger villages where the aboriginal people lived in thatched concave enclosures and circular huts.
The artifacts were unearthed in December by an archaeology firm hired by the city to monitor the grading of Rosedale, a 1,250-home neighborhood on the former Monrovia Nursery property below the Angeles National Forest.
Fortunately, we were there to find what we did," Dunlop said.
He'd like the artifacts to become part of a future Gabrielino Indian museum.
Could the museum be built in downtown Azusa?
www.sgvtribune.com/news/ci_3886337
About 50 manos, or hand tools, nutcrackers and other grinding-tool relics used by the Tongva/Gabrielino Indians in the village known as Ashuukshanga will be on public view at the Azusa Public Library, 729 N. Dalton Ave.
Ashuukshanga, where Azusa derived its name, was one of the larger villages where the aboriginal people lived in thatched concave enclosures and circular huts.
The artifacts were unearthed in December by an archaeology firm hired by the city to monitor the grading of Rosedale, a 1,250-home neighborhood on the former Monrovia Nursery property below the Angeles National Forest.
Fortunately, we were there to find what we did," Dunlop said.
He'd like the artifacts to become part of a future Gabrielino Indian museum.
Could the museum be built in downtown Azusa?
