native american mortar stone bedrock metate

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Native American Mortar Stone Bedrock Metate

A bedrock mortar, or Gossip stone, carved into the granite rock ledge at a remote site in Oregon. These mortars were carved by native indigenous people for milling seeds and crushing plant matter, using a rock as a pestle. These pre-historic remnants can be found throughout dry regions of the western United States.