Stone Mortar & Pestle. Native American Columbia River, The Dalles, Oregon. AACA

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Native American Stone Mortar & Pestle with Petroglyphs
Columbia River, The Dalles, Oregon
c. Pre-1600
eBay Note:  This item was reportedly found on private land in Oregon with the owner's permission prior to 1970, and thus complies with all federal, state, and local laws.  No caves, graves, or historic sites were disturbed.
SUMMARY
Mortar
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Material: Granite
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Length:  4.8”
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Width:   3.88”
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Height:  1.80”
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Depression Hole:  1.00”
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Weight:  1.68 lbs.
Elongated Pounding Stone/Pestle
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Length:  4.42”
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Width:   .52”
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Thick:  .21”
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Weight:  1.1 lbs.
DETAILS
This heavy mortar was found in the on the banks of the Columbia River, near The Dalles, in Orgeon.
The mortar was carved out of a piece of hard stone, that has been chipped and hammered in a portable tool.  Abrasion marks are evident, as well as minor dings, chips, and abrasion/percussion marks.
The mortar also appears to have been subjected to a fire as the surface shows blackening and still retains a burned smell.  There appear to be percussive symbols (petroglyphs) hammered into the stone mortar and the pestle.
The elongate pounding stone has a formidable flat, hand grip allowing good grip on the pestle stone for the requisite crush/grind.
Both artifacts show pitting and outer abrasions—the result of years of burial in the Columbia River basin.
The Dalles
The Dalles is one of the oldest permanently occupied places in Oregon, significant to Native people for over ten millennia and to Euro-American settlers since the 1830s. The city, the largest in Wasco County, is located on a bend of the Columbia River at the east end of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. As the center of navigation on the Mid-Columbia River, The Dalles is the county seat and was known as the Gateway to the Inland Empire, a jumping-off spot for pioneers, soldiers, gold miners, and adventurers.
For more than ten thousand years before Euro-Americans arrived in the Pacific Northwest, Native people gathered on the banks of the Columbia River to fish and trade. During the summer and fall fish seasons, the population of the area swelled dramatically as people from other bands gathered there for trade and interaction. The Wasq'ó-pam (Wasco), the People of the Horn-bowl, lived in the area; their descendants are now members of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. The area around The Dalles—including Horsethief Lake, Wakemap Mound, Atlatl Valley, and Roadcut—is one of the most significant archaeological regions in the Pacific Northwest.
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