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Mano (stone) Native American manos from Arizona. A mano (Spanish for hand) is a ground stone tool used with a metate to process or grind food by hand. [1] It is also known as metlapil, a term derived from Nahuatl. [2]
A metate (or mealing stone) is a type or variety of quern, a ground stone tool used for processing grain and seeds. In traditional Mesoamerican cultures, metates are typically used by women who would grind nixtamalized maize and other organic materials during food preparation (e.g., making tortillas). Similar artifacts have been found in other ...
Millingstone Horizon. Millingstone Horizon is an archaeological period of Native American dominance denoting a period in California, United States involving extensive use of manos and other grinding technology. [1] The interval is a subset of the Archaic Period; specifically Millingstone is usually applied to the period 6500 to 1500 BCE.
Sican tumi, or ceremonial knife, Peru, 850–1500 CE. Metallurgy in pre-Columbian America is the extraction, purification and alloying of metals and metal crafting by Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European contact in the late 15th century. Indigenous Americans had been using native metals from ancient times, with recent finds of ...
Native American tools (13 P) Pages in category "Indigenous tools of the Americas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Grinding slab; M ...
Mill Creek chert is a type of chert found in Southern Illinois and heavily exploited by members of the Mississippian culture (800 to 1600 CE). [1] Artifacts made from this material are found in archaeological sites throughout the American Midwest and Southeast. It is named for a village and stream near the quarries, Mill Creek, Illinois and ...
Pages in category "Native American tools" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Babiche;
Glazes are seldom used by indigenous American ceramic artists. Grease can be rubbed onto the pot as well. [2] Prior to contact, pottery was usually open-air fired or pit fired; precontact Indigenous peoples of Mexico used kilns extensively. Today many Native American ceramic artists use kilns. In pit-firing, the pot is placed in a shallow pit ...