NO. 2280. ^ pjj, ffoUSE VILLAGE IN NEW MEXICO-HOUQH. 



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found (fig. 19, No. 292087, U.S.N.M.) ; 2f inches wide, 3^ inches long, 

 f inch thick. 



Fig. U.— Mealing stone partly pecked. 



Fig. 12.— Mealing stone partly pecked. 



Mortai^s. — The mortars from this site consist of large, rough slabs 

 of stone having a small cavity worked in the flat side. The cavities 



Fig. 13.— Mealing stone worked to 



SHAPE. 



Fig. 14. Mealing stone worked to shape.] 



are smooth and regular. (Figs. 20, 21.) No pestles were found in 

 the site, but the specimen found on a neighboring field may be taken 



Fig. 15.— Meaung stone with pocket 

 cavity. 



Fig. 16.— Meaung stone 



WITH pocket cavity. 



as the type. (Fig. 22.) It has been suggested that the small mortars 

 were used for bruising roots and extracting the fiber from yucca and 

 agave leaves.^ 



1 Bulletin 87, U. S. National Museum, p. 15. 

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