Mortar, Stone

Item number 1989-57/35-A-172 from the The Burke: University of Washington.

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Description

Hopper mortar is made of basalt with shallow recess for working surface. Ethnographically, basket was placed in recess and plant material would be ground with a pestle inside basket. Both sides of mortar have been used for grinding. This artifact was among those collected by screening and surface finds in April 1971. Bergen believed that the site from which this mortar was found was a hunting camp area, and that this camp faced into and was on the shore area of the lake; it was indented about three or four feet into the face of a ridge.

Credit Line

Gift of Dr. Harold G. Bergen

Geographical Search Terms

Great Basin Lake County, OR North America Oregon Plateau Western United States

Item History

What

Name
Mortar, Stone
Identification Number
1989-57/35-A-172
Type of Item
stone mortar
Material
stone and basalt stone
Manufacturing Technique
ground
Overall
length 49.0 cm, width 27.5 cm, height 5.0 cm, diameter 0.0 cm, circumference 0.0 cm, weight 0.0 g

Where

Holding Institution
The Burke: University of Washington

Who

Field Collector
Harold G. Bergen

Other

Accession Number
1989-57
Collection
Burke Museum Archaeology Collection
Object Count
1
Object Category
Stone
Object Sub Category
Stone, Ground

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