grinding stone with ball

[tinkerwell]

found this in southwestern missouri. can any one tell me some history on what it might have been used as ? fond the ball with it.View attachment 1709670View attachment 1709670View attachment 1709670View attachment 1709670

 

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[Old Pueblo]

This is a very nice find. Here in Arizona we call something like this a "metate" and the smaller, hand held grinding stone a "mano". These were used for grinding up food, such as corn, for making flour. They had other uses as well, but mainly for making flour for bread or bread-like food. They are pretty common out west but you dont seem to see as many from back east. This is a nice example for an eastern metate.

There is some more info you might be interested in here: (https://firstnativeamericans.com/20...e-americans-8-archaic-cultures-david-haysley/). There is also a photo of a similar looking mano and metate.