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Manos, stones used as the topmost millstone for grinding foods by hand on a grinding stone or metate, can come in different shapes and sizes. Manos like these are made by pecking a hard stone into a rough shape and then grinding and polishing it into its final state. These three were recovered from the Curry site and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. The Curry site is a multicomponent (multiple occupations) village site in Greenwood County.
Date: 1200-1400 CE
Item Number: 314358
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.1915 through .1917
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 314358
Collections - Archeology
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Mano
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
People - American Indians
People - American Indians - Prehistoric Cultures
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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