- Name:
- Hand grinding stone / mano (mano type)
- Description:
Artifact: Hand grinding stone / mano (mano type)
Material: Sandstone river stone
Size: ~4–4.5 in long
Function: Grinding seeds, nuts, or plant material on a larger grinding slab (metate)
Cultural period: Archaic–Woodland
Provenance: Tennessee River region, likely Richland Creek area near Graysville, Rhea County, Tennessee
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.174
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 614
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Grinding stone
- Type/Materials:
- Sandstone
- Origin Continent:
- N/A
- Origin Country:
- N/A
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
