Desert Mule Deer

Prehistoric Pottery Worked Shards, Game Discs

Many uses are presumed for these worked pottery shards. 

Some may be game discs, pendant blanks, spindle whorls in the making.

In this photo are Cibola Whiteware Red Mesa Black-on-White, Cibola Corrugated, and Hohokam Plain and redware discs.

A unique piece is the Biscuit Ware roughly round disc,

 among the Cibola Whiteware and Hohokam pieces.

A Jeddito Black-on-Yellow triangular piece in the center.

Large Hohokam Tanque Verde chipped round disc, next step would have been grinding it smooth, but it is unfinished. A Mogollon Corrugated piece with a hole in the center may be a spindle whorl. The upper right hand piece is a rare Anasazi Sikyatki Polychrome triangular disc.

We saved all these from multiple legally obtained collections we have acquired over the years to make an educational and unique lot available at http://www.prehistoriccollector.com/pottery---prehistoric.html

Recipe: Sour Cream Raisin Pie

Very old pie you just don't hear about anymore. The base recipe is over 100 years old, I had to tweak the meringue due to most people just not knowing how to make it without more information. Plus I cheated and used store purchased crust.

1 8" pie crust (refrigerator section of grocery store)

1 cup Sour Cream

1/2 cup seeded raisins, finely chopped

1/2 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp cloves

pinch of salt 

1/2 cup sugar  + 1/3 cup sugar

3 eggs

3/4 tsp cornstarch

Pre-bake the pie crust according to instructions on box. 

Separate the yolks from the whites on the eggs, reserving the whites on the side for the meringue.

  Beat the egg yolks and mix with the sour cream, raisins, cinnamon, cloves, salt, and sugar. 

Cook until thick, stirring constantly so as not to burn. 

Pour into pre-baked pie shell.

Mix the 1/3 cup sugar with the 3/4 tsp cornstarch in a small bowl. 

Prepare meringue with the 3 egg whites by mixing on high speed while slowly adding the sugar/cornstarch mix until stiff peaks form.

Pour meringue over raisin mix, filling crust to the very edges.

Bake at 400 degrees until slightly browned.

Giant Mesquite Bugs

Adonis Blazingstar

Adonis Blazingstar

Mentzelia muliflora

Spruce Cone Cholla

Spruce Cone Cholla

Pine Cone Cactus

Pinecone Cactus

Tephrocactus articulatus var. diadematus

Grows to a height of 18-24 inches.

Likes full sun, sun to partial shade. I keep mine in partial shade.

Hubbard's Silk Moth Caterpillar

Syssphinx hubbardi

Hubbard's Silk Moth Caterpillar

Green and purplish in color with silver spikes. The larvae feed on Wright's Acacia, Mesquite, and Catclaw. They fluoresce under UV light. This one was found while excavating a trench in 2014 in the Altar Valley. The caterpillar goes under ground to pupate.

For more information and photos of the life cycle visit: Bugguide.net