. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 9.—Stone mortar from Spuk Ranch. Fig. 8.—Grinding stones from Blue. of several subconical blocks like the seats described by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes from Four Mile Euin; ^ a conical stone about 15 inches high; and a number of large stone disks chipped on the edge. Objects of this character were not found in any other ruins. MORTARS AND PESTLES. No large well-finished pestles are found in this region, and on the whole this imple- ment was merely a thing of utility receiving scant treatment in the way of working out and finishing. Most of th
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Fig. 9.—Stone mortar from Spuk Ranch. Fig. 8.—Grinding stones from Blue. of several subconical blocks like the seats described by Dr. J. Walter Fewkes from Four Mile Euin; ^ a conical stone about 15 inches high; and a number of large stone disks chipped on the edge. Objects of this character were not found in any other ruins. MORTARS AND PESTLES. No large well-finished pestles are found in this region, and on the whole this imple- ment was merely a thing of utility receiving scant treatment in the way of working out and finishing. Most of the pestles were made from stones which approached the shape desired and necessi- tated little labor to reduce them to the size required. Mortars are small and rarely has much care been given by the stoneworker to secure accuracy of form or smoothness of finish. A more specific description of a mortar and pestle from the Spur Ranch, Luna, New Mexico, follows: Bowl-shaped mortar of breccia, irregularly worked on the exterior. (Fig. 9.) The working cavity is very regular, is 5| inches in diameter and 3f inches deep. An oblong cylindroid of fine grain, almost white stone, found in the same room with the mortar, but not in close association with it, is perhaps the pestle. It is 5f inches long and 2 by 2f inches in diameter, the end smooth and rounded, and the sides fig. lo. showing marks of the pecking required to bring it into shape. It has two shallow pits in the surface, probably to facilitate gripping by the hand. (Fig. 10, Cat. No. 231886, ) Such mortars were probablv used for pounding. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Sup
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