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This combination mano and nutting stone, was recovered from the Curry site and donated to the Kansas Historical Society in 1984. One side of this ground stone tool served as the topmost millstone for grinding foods by hand on a grinding stone. The other side of the tool served as a nutting stone, used for securing a nut while it was being cracked open. Groundstone tools like this one are made by pecking a hard stone into a rough shape and then grinding and polishing it into its final state. The Curry site is a multicomponent (multiple occupations) village site in Greenwood County.
Date: 1200-1400 CE
Item Number: 442846
Call Number: 14GR301 1984.C.1394
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 442846
Collections - Archeology
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking
Home and Family - Daily life - Food and Cooking - Meal preparation
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Class - Ground Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Mano
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Artifact Type - Nutting Stone
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts - Site Name - Curry
People - American Indians
Places - Counties - Greenwood
Thematic Time Period - Early Peoples, 10000 BCE - 1820 CE - Middle Ceramic, 1000 - 1500 CE
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