The smell of a mano...really!

[NC field hunter]

I found a nice nano a couple of weeks back. The piece is so smooth and flat on one side and so smooth and hand polished on the other, I haven't been able to put it away. It is oval in shape and has obviously had numerous working hours put on its flat bottom and evenly ground down edge. Every time I pick this piece up, a distinct smell comes off of it after my hand has warmed it. I was looking at this Mano and talking to Gator a day or so back (does anyone remember Gator, by chance?) and I told him about the smell. I told him it wasn't a swamp stink, but a distinct pleasant smell. Gator suggested that the smell could be grain or what ever this piece was used to grind. It hit me then. The smell was similar to sweet feed. As a child I had horses, and we fed sweet feed in the winter. The hours spent grinding and the amount of ground grain shows on this stone. Is it possible this stone carries the smell of it's job still, hundreds or possibly thousands of years later? I think so, wholeheartedly. What about you guys?















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[bsit1361]

I couldn't imagine a smell still being there. Awesome if it could but I doubt it. What's gator up to?

 

[NC field hunter]

I couldn't imagine a smell still being there. Awesome if it could but I doubt it. What's gator up to?

Well... Finding treasure, of course!! Lol! Thanks for the input on this mano. I'm uncertain of the age of this piece, it could be rather young, protocontact. These were used from archaic to contact in my area, I know. Probably used as far back as paleo, but I can say that with no certainty. Thanks again!!

 

[rock]

No the smell would of been gone. That smell is the sweet soil you have and hopefully you didnt find it in a cow pasture. lol

 

[1320]

No.

 

[NC field hunter]

So... 3 no and I hold my spot at yes. 3 to 1. My odds aren't looking good. Lol!

 

[old digger]

No the smell would of been gone. That smell is the sweet soil you have and hopefully you didnt find it in a cow pasture. lol

That's a good one!

 

[old digger]

That looks like a good mano. Sorry, still laughing on that last one!

 

[theviking]

Maybe the smell is the result of the sticky buds you must be smoken to think that there is a scent left on you're rock. J.J.

 

[GaRebel1861]

It's a good find! As far a smell? Your on your own that one.

 

[Sheperdess]

I can see why you don't want to put it down. It is a nice one. I would go smell mine, but I usually wash them once a year.

 

[NC field hunter]

Maybe the smell is the result of the sticky buds you must be smoken to think that there is a scent left on you're rock. J.J.

Lol!! That's a good one sticky icky bubonic chronic!! On the down side.... I quit burning quite a few years ago. Still, I'm an activist. Why, you may ask. Because some of the smartest people throughout history burnt that sweet herb. People that were even smart enough to know that grains have oils in them. After hours, or better I say, years, of rubbing a stone across oily grains, that stone will absorb the oils that are extracted during the processing of the grain. I ask politely, don't make me out to be a burnt out idiot. I ask that you do this for your own good, as well as mine. It could insult some. Not me, but others. Viking I like you, respect you and enjoy your post. Please do not insult any one, it will get you booted out.

 

[NC field hunter]

http://www.paleoresearch.com/mainsite/services/groundstone.html

This link tells about residues and extracting residues from artifacts. This backs me somewhat.

 

[theviking]

Lol!! That's a good one sticky icky bubonic chronic!! On the down side.... I quit burning quite a few years ago. Still, I'm an activist. Why, you may ask. Because some of the smartest people throughout history burnt that sweet herb. People that were even smart enough to know that grains have oils in them. After hours, or better I say, years, of rubbing a stone across oily grains, that stone will absorb the oils that are extracted during the processing of the grain. I ask politely, don't make me out to be a burnt out idiot. I ask that you do this for your own good, as well as mine. It could insult some. Not me, but others. Viking I like you, respect you and enjoy your post. Please do not insult any one, it will get you booted out.

In the immortal words of Sargent Hulka " lighten up Francis" I thought you had a sense of humor, my mistake. Thanks for you're words of wisdom about getting booted, I needed a chuckle this morning.

 

[NC field hunter]

In the immortal words of Sargent Hulka " lighten up Francis" I thought you had a sense of humor, my mistake. Thanks for you're words of wisdom about getting booted, I needed a chuckle this morning.

Maybe i went overboard. I do have a sense of humor. And, really liked what you said, but, in the immortal words of Buckaroo Bonsai "no matter where you go, there you are". A ruined reputation is not mendable. No harm done my friend!

 

[Th3rty7]

I love the smell of mano in the morning.

 

[theviking]

Maybe i went overboard. I do have a sense of humor. And, really liked what you said, but, in the immortal words of Buckaroo Bonsai "no matter where you go, there you are". A ruined reputation is not mendable. No harm done my friend!

No worries, NC. Maybe I went overboard as well. For all I know, there maybe a stink still on your mano...

 

[theviking]

I love the smell of mano in the morning.

LMAO

 

[1320]

I've said it before so I say it again....if you have your mind made up, don't post the question.....might save an argument....

 

[rock]

Ease up some NC we all know you have a sense of humor. We have never seen the serious side of you. If you want to be serious and no more jokes then that is what will happen. Just trying to have some fun, rock