Pestle
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Title |
Pestle |
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Subject |
Prehistoric peoples
Tools, Prehistoric
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Time Period |
Archaic |
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Description |
This elongated stone pestle is cylindrical in shape with rounded ends; it was broken into three pieces and has been glued together. The pestle is mottled dark gray and brown in color, with a streak of weak red near one end. This piece comes from the Archaic Period. The Archaic cultures in Ohio existed from about 6,000 B.C. to 1,000 B.C. Their economy was based primarily on hunting and gathering, but they did experiment with cultivating squash. Most Ohio sites are seasonal camps, created as the Indians moved due to the weather and the availability of food sources. Archaic peoples hunted smaller game than their Paleo-Indian predecessors, who pursued mastodons and giant beavers. The Archaic people hunted deer, elk, bear, rabbit, quail, and wild turkey. |
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Collection |
W. K. Moorehead Collection |
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Source |
WH04 Box CF0031; A 67/000002 |
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Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
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Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/collections--archives/digital-collections--services/rights--reproduction |
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Type |
StillImage |
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File Name |
A0067_000002.tif |
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Image Height |
1790 |
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Image Width |
3152 |
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File Size |
16938388 Bytes |
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Format |
picture; artifacts |
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Extent |
65.9 mm wide, 515 mm long, 60.1 mm deep. |
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