Native relics found in Azusa

Hundreds of pieces of prehistoric artifacts found at an ancient village during the grading of a new-home development go on display Saturday.

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.