Mano Fragment, Prehistoric Stone Tool
name: label: Discipline
content: Anthropology
label: Region
content: US Southwest (NM, AZ, UT, NV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: A fragment of a mano, or hand grinder, from Hawikuh. The piece measures 8 cm long, 6 cm wide, and 3 cm high. The basalt stone is deeply pitted and quite smooth on the grinding surface. The fragment would have been used in conjunction with a metate to grind corn or other grains.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 23 May 2020
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Hawikuh, North America, United States, New Mexico, Cibola County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
culture: label: Culture
content: Zuni
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO2582
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
physicalDescription: label: Material
content: Stone