Title	Pestle
Subject	Prehistoric peoples Tools, Prehistoric
Time Period	Archaic
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.
Collection	W. K. Moorehead Collection
Source	WH04 Box CF0031; A 67/000002
Submitting Institution	Ohio History Connection
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
Type	StillImage
File Name	A0067_000002.tif
Image Height	1790
Image Width	3152
File Size	16938388 Bytes
Format	picture; artifacts
Extent	65.9 mm wide, 515 mm long, 60.1 mm deep.

Pestle

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