Maidu Mortars
Jan 1, 2019 19:02:24 #
A news years hike into Upper Bidwell Park and found these Native American Mortars where they would grind seeds and acorns.
They just fascinate me.
They just fascinate me.
Jan 1, 2019 19:06:52 #
I'll bite. I've used mortars in the army, and I've laid many a brick, but what is this mortar and the holes in them?
Jan 1, 2019 19:10:22 #
Sorry guess I should have explained,
Maidu Native Americans would grind seeds and acorns here.
Maidu Native Americans would grind seeds and acorns here.
Jan 1, 2019 19:12:53 #
Fred Harwood wrote:
I'll bite. I've used mortars in the army, and I've laid many a brick, but what is this mortar and the holes in them?
Like a kitchen pestle and mortar for grinding spices
Jan 1, 2019 19:17:07 #
Thanks. Many NAs ground acorns and washed the flour, Chumash, and eastern factions as well.
What did they use for the pestle?
What did they use for the pestle?
Jan 1, 2019 19:42:10 #
Fred Harwood wrote:
Thanks. Many NAs ground acorns and washed the flour, Chumash, and eastern factions as well.
What did they use for the pestle?
What did they use for the pestle?
The pestles are all gone now but they where made of oblix shaped rocks
Jan 2, 2019 06:10:37 #
karno wrote:
A news years hike into Upper Bidwell Park and found these Native American Mortars where they would grind seeds and acorns.
They just fascinate me.
They just fascinate me.
Nice shots Karno.
Jan 2, 2019 06:39:26 #
Exactly.
pesfls wrote:
Like a kitchen pestle and mortar for grinding spices
Jan 2, 2019 08:07:47 #
karno wrote:
The pestles are all gone now but they where made of oblix shaped rocks
Thanks. Learned something new.
My wife's family brought a brass mortar and heavy pestle from Eastern Europe more than a century ago. It was well used, and likely for forest mast and sundry there, back then.
Jan 2, 2019 12:25:06 #
karno wrote:
A news years hike into Upper Bidwell Park and found these Native American Mortars where they would grind seeds and acorns.
They just fascinate me.
They just fascinate me.
Nice post karno! These California foothill mortars have interested me since my childhood. This was a communal activity and the same sites were used for many generations. When I visit these sites I always think of all the social inteaction and years and years of conversations that took place here. Thanks, well done. I enjoy your view of our small part of the world.
Phil
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