This is a Mano and Metate grinding stone that I found a good many years ago.
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| Author: | bushido101 [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 12:45 pm ] |
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This is a Mano and Metate grinding stone that I found a good many years ago.
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Thu Feb 28, 2008 11:09 pm ] |
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| Author: | bushido101 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 11:41 am ] |
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These are pretty common in campsites around Texas, where they were processing grain's or nuts. I have seen camps where you might find 6 or 7 in one camp. I found both of these pieces in the same hole. The Native Americans here moved around a lot from season to season, so they would bury their grinding stones in a certain area of the camp so they didn't have to carry them from place to place and they would be there when they returned the next season. |
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 1:18 pm ] |
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ok, that explains it, they had them safely kept at each camp location, very neat find 
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| Author: | bushido101 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 7:27 pm ] |
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I tried grinding some dried corn we had in the field onetime with one of these. You had more grit and dust than you had corn meal. |
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| Author: | Herr Mario [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 8:13 pm ] |
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......yeah- I think thats why their teeth were in such bad shape-the grit was mixed in no matter how hard they tried and it wore teeth down... 
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| Author: | A square 10 [ Fri Feb 29, 2008 10:46 pm ] |
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needed a gizzard to use that stone to good purpose
seriously , it was a hard life , and much shorter than ours , but what innovation - and utilization of locally found materials |
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