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Pestle. — Of gray green sonorous stone, scarcely showing at this 

 interval traces of the methods by which it was fashioned or of its 

 wear through use. The specimen was ploughed up in a field in the 

 village of Luna by Mr. Adair. No pestles have been found in the 



Fig. 17.— Wedge shape stone for propping 

 metate and section. 



Fig. 18.— Wedge of stone for propping 



METATE. 



pit village, but small mortar stones were taken from the pit houses 



(fig. 22, No. 300094, U.S.N.M.) ; 2 inches diameter, 14| inches long. 



/Stone slab. — Smooth slab of blackened stone worked on the edge. 



In getting out the slab or in securing a proper size piece the worker 



scored a channel deep enough to admit 

 of breaking the stone off without 

 flawing. The edges were then ground 

 smooth and the corners rounded, pre- 

 cisely as the Zuiii quarry and finish 

 their baldng slabs. The specimen 

 formed the bottom of the smaller fire- 

 place in the fire pit (fig. 23). (See 

 fig. 5.) Other slabs were found in the mealing sheds (figs. 24, 25, 

 No. 292120, U.S.N.M.) ; 14 by 15 inches, 5 inches thick. 



Stone hammer. — Coarse basaltic rock, the surface roughened and 

 pitted from age. A deep groove has been pecked around the stone, 



Fig. 19.— Stone for grinding paint 



Fig. 20.— Small mortar in stone 



BLOCK. 



Fig. 21.— Broken mortar. 



except where the hafting touched, dividing it into two equal lobes. 

 One face of the hammer is squarish, the other spalled by working. 

 A few of these hammers were observed, the common type being nodu- 



