Pestle

Object/Artifact

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

Pestle

Entry/Object ID

A-60

Description

Cylindrical Basalt pestle. The grinding end is flat with well worn shoulders,

Context

Found in Northern California somewhere around Lake Shasta. Excavation site seems to be a historic site. Area was excavated around the summer of 1971 by Shasta College

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

71.4.1

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Northern California

Culture/Tribe

Wintu
Native American

Notes

The geographic region is described as the Low Pass road, north of Lake Shasta in a road fill. The habitat is described to be a forested chaparral.

Dimensions

Length

70 mm

Materials

Material

Basalt

Material Notes

See link below for more information on basalt.

Condition

Overall Condition

Very Good

Web Links and URLs

Information on basalt