Grinding Stone (uncertain)

NA9336

From: New Mexico | Rio Grande Region

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number NA9336
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. Similar to NA9335. Maybe used to grind grains. Made from intermediate igneous stone, perhaps diorite or dacite.

Length 17.5 cm
Width 16 cm
Credit Line Gift of Otto T. Mallery, 1921

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