HARRINGTON ] DESCRIPTION OF THE ARTIFACTS 79 
PESTLES 
Ninety per cent of the numerous pestles taken are of sandstone, 
such as is picked up in the adjacent beach. The rest are andesite or 
other igneous rock. There is one pestle of scoria or porous lava. 
Many of the cruder pestles were evidently picked up in partly 
shaped condition and a little pecking produced the desired form. 
Others were entirely unshaped and their use as pestles could be 
detected only by the abrasion of the end or ends. 
A number of short, chunky pestles contrast sharply, for instance, 
with the very long and nicely shaped pestles which would hardly 
have stood heavy use. 
Several pestles had been broken and reused ; others had been broken 
and mended by lashing the parts together, with asphalt as binding 
material. 
One of the most curious plays of chance in connection with our 
excavations of the mound was that we did not happen to encounter 
any of the elliptical manos or sandstones so common at the adjacent 
sites along the coast and in the mountains. 
Entire pestle of gray sandstone with mottled texture; 149.2 mm. long. 
63.5 mm. diameter, 57.1 mm. diameter at the top. The butt bulges 15.8 mm. 
Entire pestle of greenish gray sandstone, 171.4 mm, long. 57.1 mm. diameter. 
Entire pestle of gray sandstone; no marks of pecking; 130.1 mm. long, 57.1 
mm. wide, 38.1 mm. thick. 
Entire pestle of greenish gray sandstone; no marks of pecking; 147.6 mm. 
long, 76.2 mm. wide, 50.8 mm, thick. 
Butt fragment of pestle of black scoria, the only specimen of this material 
in the collection. The body of the pestle is somewhat bent. 152.4 mm. long, 
73 mm. diameter. The bulge of the butt is 22.2 mm. The butt shows signs 
of much use. 
Butt fragment of nicely made pestle of very hard sandstone, olive green cast; 
134.9 mm. long, 57.1 mm. diameter. Bulges of butt 9.5 mm. Very symmetrical. 
Entire pestle of creamy gray sandstone; both ends bulging; 98.4 mm. long, 
63.5 mm. diameter. Bulge of butt 15.8 mm., bulge of top 12.7 mm. 
Entire pestle of gray stone, 161.9 mm. long, 76.2 mm. diameter. Bulge of butt 
12.7 mm. 
Tip fragment of pestle of gray sandstone; 161.9 mm, long, 60.8 mm. diameter. 
It is difficult to estimate the original length of the specimen. 
Butt fragment of pestle of gray sandstone; 142.8 mm. long, 63.5 mm. diameter. 
The bulge of the butt is 15.8 mm. The fracture is coated heavily with asphalt 
as if it had been mended by the Indians. 
Tip fragment of pestle of gray sandstone, elliptical in section; 168.2 mm. long, 
76.2 wide, 57.1 mm. thick. The sides are the original surface, the edges are 
pecked rounding. 
Entire pestle of gray stone, squarish in section, crudely shaped; 192 mm. 
long, 57.1 mm. wide, 50.8 mm. thick. Bulge of butt 12.7 mm. 
Tip fragment of pestle of gray sandstone; 127 mm. long, 50.8 mm. diameter. 
Butt fragment of pestle of gray sandstone; 158.7 mm. long, 63.5 mm. diameter. 
Bulge of butt 15.8 mm, 
