. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 16 BULLETIN" 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL Fig. 11.—CAR^'ED stone vessel from Solomonsville. yucca and other leaves for fiber, crushing leaves and roots for in- fusions, and for comminuting such materials not suitable for reduc- tion on the grinding slab. The Pueblo mortar is never large and was not used for the prepara- tion of food, but was employed for a number of small tasks as occasion required. Generally they were not portable, being formed in neighboring rock masses wherever the conditions were favor- able. STONE VESSELS. I
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. 16 BULLETIN" 87, UNITED STATES NATIONAL Fig. 11.—CAR^'ED stone vessel from Solomonsville. yucca and other leaves for fiber, crushing leaves and roots for in- fusions, and for comminuting such materials not suitable for reduc- tion on the grinding slab. The Pueblo mortar is never large and was not used for the prepara- tion of food, but was employed for a number of small tasks as occasion required. Generally they were not portable, being formed in neighboring rock masses wherever the conditions were favor- able. STONE VESSELS. In the Upper Gila Valley (Pueblo Viejo Valley) there are encoun- tered somewhat fre- quently stone vessels of superior workmanship, the material being very hard, the form very characteristic, and the finish excellent. They are oblong, terminating in projections at both ends (fig. 11). This vessel was also probably a form of mortar for small quantities of material. (Cat. No. 238437, ) Another small stone mortar (fig. 12) is of gray tufaceous rock and has a small projection on one fcide, forming the handle. The specimen was found in a grave containing worked shell objects. (See fig. 12, Cat. No. 231823, ; diameter, fig. 12.—small stone ^o-l i-i.^i'l rt T» l,T VESSEL FROM S P U U If inches; height, 1^ inches; Spur Kanch, Luna, ranch. New Mexico; and fig. 13.) A stone cup, neatly worked from gray tufaceous rock, and having side walls and flat bottom, is shown in figure 13. (Cat. No. 231965, ; diameter, 2| inches; height, IJ inches; Spur Kanch, Luna, New Mexico.) In many cases natural stones, mostly concretionary, with cavities of a shape suggesting use as vessels, have been found in the ruins. „ „ Fisaire 14 illustrates a stone vessel made from Fig. 13.—Small stonh o . VESSEL PKOM spue vcf^ hard, fine-grained, gray limestone, smoothly ^^^*^"- finished. The working surface is evenly curved and polished. It is possible that this vessel was used
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