PESTLE
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- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- QUARZITE
- Catalogue Number
- P19770295000
- Material Type
- Artifact
- Date Range From
- 1700
- Date Range To
- BP
- Materials
- QUARZITE
- No. Pieces
- 1
- Length
- 13.2
- Diameter
- 8.5
- Description
- 55 MM DIA. (SHAFT) BROWN QUARTZITE STONE. A GROUND STONE PESTLE. TECHNIQUE OF MANUFACTURE - PECKING & GRINDING. THE HEAD OF THE SHAFT HAS BEEN WORN DOWN. THE BASE HAS BEEN CHIPPED AWAY. THE BOTTOM OF THE BASE IS QUITE SMOOTH AS IS THE SHAFT.
- Subjects
- INDIGENOUS
- Historical Association
- ARCHAEOLOGY
- History
- NORTHERN PLAINS. THE PESTLE WAS FOUND BY THE DONOR 6 YEARS AGO ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LITTLE BOW RIVER, NORTH OF TRAVERS, ALBERTA FROM WITHIN A STONE CIRCLE SITE.
- Catalogue Number
- P19770295000
- Acquisition Date
- 1977-08
- Collection
- Museum
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