Help indentifying Tool

[eddy2419]

I found this rock tool in SE Alabama a few years ago. It is 5" x 4" with rounded edges. In each side in the center is a depression, exactly opposite of each other in the middle.

Can someone tell ne what it is?

Thanks!

 

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[eddy2419]

Just want to add it is about 1 " thick. Sides are rounded like thie ( ).

 

[The Grim Reaper]

In the southeast they are called Pitted Stones and were used for grinding grains. In the west, southwest, and northwest they call them Manos.

Here's a few links.

http://books.google.com/books?id=cU...0CCUQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=pitted stones&f=false

http://www.nps.gov/archive/meve/edu_resources/artifacts/pages/i43e_jpg.htm

http://www.crowcanyon.org/EducationProducts/peoples_mesa_verde/archaic_artifacts.asp

 

[eddy2419]

Thanks so much!