ʻO ka pālolo kahi mea i loaʻa ma kekahi mau wahi o ka honua. Maʻa ka pālolo a maʻalahi ke kāwili ʻia a hoʻohua ʻia. Ma hope o ka maloʻo ʻana, hiki ke puhi ʻia i loko o ka umu, ʻo ia ka paʻakikī. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana i nā seramika, ʻo ia ka hapa nui o kā mākou kīʻaha. ʻO nā kīleʻa hale, nā pōhaku lepo, nā tile, nā poho, a me nā kīʻaha halepaku i hana ʻia me ka pālolo a i ʻole ka seramika.
Loaʻa i ka pālolo nā mea liʻiliʻi. Ua like lākou me ka nui o ka palaoa a mākou e hoʻohana ai i ka lumi kuke a i ʻole ka hale palaoa. Ua hoʻohana ke kūlohelohe i kēia mau ʻāpana mai nā pōhaku like ʻole, no ka laʻana ma o ka ua, ka makani, a i ʻole ka neʻe ʻana o nā glaciers.
ʻO kahi mea nui o ka loam he pālolo. ʻO kēia ke one maikaʻi loa a me nā mea maikaʻi ʻē aʻe. No ka poʻe loea, ʻaʻole like ka loam a me ka pālolo. Ma ka ʻōlelo kuʻuna, hoʻohana mau ʻia nā ʻōlelo ʻelua ma ke ʻano like.
Nui nā holoholona e kūkulu i kā lākou lua i ka pālolo. Aia ma waena o lākou he nui nā ʻupena a me nā ʻāwīwī, akā ʻo nā snails a me ke one martin. Hoʻokumu nui nā nalo pālolo i ko lākou pūnana me ka pālolo.
No ke kanaka, ʻo ka pālolo ka mea kūkulu hale kahiko loa e pili ana i ka lāʻau. Ua hana ʻia ka hale holoʻokoʻa i ka lepo. ʻAʻole i puhi ʻia kā lākou mau pōhaku lepo, maloʻo wale nō. Nui nā pā i ulana ʻia mai nā lāʻau a uhi ʻia me ka pālolo, no ka laʻana ma nā hale hapa lāʻau. Ua hana ʻia nā pōhaku lepo a me nā pā hale mai ka pālolo i kālua ʻia.