I found this grinding bowl several years ago, it was used on both sides, but one side has 'indentions' all around the
rim, they look to have been used for breaking nuts, or decoration.
Fossis...........
fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector
Great looking item! How big is it? Other than the one I found, yours is the first I have seen anywhere. Mine is shaped more like, and is about the size of a loaf of bread and weighs around 15 lbs.
The top and bottom are covered with pock marks rather than around the edges. I refer to mine as a "workbench". I found it along a river where waterworn flint nodules were processed into points.
I have seen some rather large boulders containing a whole series of deep grinding holes...a number of them in the mountains above Palm Springs and are within several feet of ledge walls with hieroglyphics
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Great looking item! How big is it? Other than the one I found, yours is the first I have seen anywhere. Mine is shaped more like, and is about the size of a loaf of bread and weighs around 15 lbs.
The top and bottom are covered with pock marks rather than around the edges. I refer to mine as a "workbench". I found it along a river where waterworn flint nodules were processed into points.
I will try to post a pic of it soon.
Thanks for showing us!
This one is about 15'' by 9"
Fossis...........
fossil hunter Indian Artifact collector MDer Antique collector
I found this grinding bowl several years ago, it was used on both sides, but one side has 'indentions' all around the
rim, they look to have been used for breaking nuts, or decoration.
Fossis...........
Great find Fossis! I had a buddy who found one a lot like it Jeff
OK, it's hard for me, but I'll try. What I was trying to say is that, for thousands of years, men hunted side by side and communicated more by hand signals and body signs, where as the woman, teaming up to do their work, would face each other and communicate more with talk. I think you can still see the effects today in the way men and woman interact with the same sex. Your communal nutting stone, made me think about that. I got to go now, being serious gave me a headache.
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Originally Posted by badandy
OK, it's hard for me, but I'll try. What I was trying to say is that, for thousands of years, men hunted side by side and communicated more by hand signals and body signs, where as the woman, teaming up to do their work, would face each other and communicate more with talk. I think you can still see the effects today in the way men and woman interact with the same sex. Your communal nutting stone, made me think about that. I got to go now, being serious gave me a headache. 
