Mortar

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This mortar was found in Whately, Massachusetts, by Deerfield Massachusetts historian, George Sheldon.  He deposited it by the front door of Memorial Hall Museum in Deerfield, where it can be seen today. Northeast Woodland Indigenous peoples used mortars and pestles to grind plants into food and medicine.

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Item typeFood Processing Equipment
PlaceDeerfield, Massachusetts
TopicNative American
Food, Cooking, Beverage, Alcohol
EraColonial settlement, 1620–1762
Early Indigenous and European contact, 1565–1619
MaterialStone/Mineral
Catalog #M.20
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Mortar. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/m-20/. Accessed on December 8, 2024.

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