Pestle

Object/Artifact

Old Colony History Museum

Name/Title

Pestle

Entry/Object ID

1939.41

Description

Cylindrical stone pestle; top of one side is flat/worn; rounded tip with visible pitting; use evident at rounded end; pecking evident in less worn areas

Made/Created

Date made

6000 BP

Time Period

Late Archaic - Late Woodland 6,000 - 400 B.P.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Pestle, Food

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Tool, Food Grinding

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Food Preparation Equipment

Nomenclature Class

Food Processing & Preparation T&E

Nomenclature Category

Category 04: Tools & Equipment for Materials

Getty AAT

Concept

pestles

Search Terms

SUBJECTS: Indigenous peoples

Material

Blue Hardstone