- Name:
- Ground Stone pestle (grinding tool)
- Description:
Ground stone pestle from a Tennessee River Valley Native American artifact collection. The rounded, worn grinding end indicates use for processing seeds, nuts, or pigments during the Archaic to Woodland periods.
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.213
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 635
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Pestle
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 3.75" x 1.5" x .25"
- Type/Materials:
- Sandstone
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- Unknown
- Origin City/Town:
- Unknown
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
