Is this a Native American grinding stone?

hbru123

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I was metal detecting and I stumbled upon a big flat rock and on top of it there was a indent that looks manmade. I know the Kumeyaay Native Americans lived near this. Is this a grinding stone? That crushed up powder is definitely new. It was also the only one like it on the rock.
 

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Peyton Manning

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the crushed up powder is new?
you mean you think some indians just used it?
 

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Thats a natural hole, but if you do find a real bedrock mortal, do not crush anything up in them. It will damage them.
 

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