Among Northeast Woodland peoples, women and girls were the tenders of gardens. They would have used hoes to cultivate the “Three Sisters”- corn, beans, and squash. As adzes, these tools would have been used by men for shaping wood, such as in making a dugout canoe.
Native American. Basalt hoe or adzes. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/1985-0635/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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