- Name:
- Hand grinding stone / pestle (mano type)
- Description:
Artifact: Hand grinding stone / pestle (mano type)
Material: Quartzite or dense river stone
Size: ~5.5–6 in long
Function: Handheld grinding tool used with a flat grinding stone (metate) for processing seeds, nuts, and plant materials
Cultural period: Archaic–Woodland
Provenance: Conasauga River, Whitfield County, Georgia
- Accession Number:
- 2024.1.187
- Prior Inventory Number:
- 632
- Collection:
- Sub Collection:
- Category:
- Anthropology
- Keywords:
- Pestle
- Object Size (LxWxH):
- 5.5" x 2.5" x 2.5"
- Type/Materials:
- Quartzite
- Origin Continent:
- North America
- Origin Country:
- United States
- Origin State/Province:
- GA
- Origin City/Town:
- Whitfield County
- Date/Era:
- Quarternary Period (0-2.6m years)
