Hole-y cow

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some more

 

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dang

 

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big camp

 

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strange symbol

 

[favored papa]

A little story would help a lot. like where generally? , Az or tex? how did you find it?

 

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A little story would help a lot. like where generally? , Az or tex? how did you find it?

Millerton lake ca. The drought has lowered the lake so some areas not seen for a while are now exposed

 

[CMDiamonddawg]

Not sure what it is for the holee cow excuse me for asking but can you please elaborate

 

[UnderMiner]

Not sure what it is for the holee cow excuse me for asking but can you please elaborate

It's an ancient millstone where prehistoric native Americans pounded their grain into flour. Those holes are where the grain would go and then the natives would use large hand-held stones to crush the grain, at least that's what I think this is.

 

[Plumbata]

Looks like some huge "nutting stones". Pretty cool

 

[Garet]

Yup, basically just a grain mill. They're all over the hills of central California... Tulare and Fresno counties. Im from tulare county, they're all over the hills. The tule Indians used them.

 

[sutphin]

Dang learn something everyday on this wonderful site,vanzutphen

 

[Subterranean]

I lived in Placer County, California (mother lode-foothills area) where these are plentiful, usually close to a water source. Native Californians relied heavily on acorns for a starchy food source during lean times. They would crack the acorn and remove the (very bitter) nut out of it. They leached the acorn nuts in water to remove bitterness and then smashed them with mano stones in the holes on the granite slabs. The paste dried and was turned into a crude flour for making acorn "tortillas" to eat. Cool history! Sub

 

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Not sure what it is for the holee cow excuse me for asking but can you please elaborate

sorry bad joke