Grinding Stone

NA9335

From: New Mexico | Rio Grande Region

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9335
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Ancestral Pueblo
Provenience New Mexico | Rio Grande Region
Culture Area Southwest Culture Area
Section American
Materials Stone | Diorite (uncertain) | Dacite (uncertain)
Description

Circular stone. Both surfaces are smooth. Two portions have been broken away. May be used to grind grains. Similar to NA9336. Made from intermediate igneous stone, perhaps diorite or dacite.

Length 14 cm
Width 11 cm
Credit Line Gift of Otto T. Mallery, 1921

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