Description: Mortar made from vesicular basalt and plug-shaped pestle of the same material.

Dimensions: Mortar diam 3.5 inches (8.89 cm), bowl diam. 2 in (approx. 5 cm), thickness 1.75 in (4.45 cm), depth 1 in (2.54 cm); Pestle 4.5 in (11.43 cm) long.

Collection: On display at the Montezuma Castle National Monument Visitor Center (Catalog No. MOCA 97 - mortar, and MOCA 264 - pestle).

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Ryan Belnap/Monica Saaty, Bilby Research Center, Northern Arizona University

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