Type: Grinding Stone
Location: Northern Tablelands, New South Wales
Age: Late Holocene
Material: Sandstone
MoST ID: 5353
Pedestal Link: https://une.pedestal3d.com/r/1r1F32u9K4
Model Author: Emma Watt
This grinding stone is from the Northern Tablelands of New South Wales. The artefact was returned to the Anaiwan People by a collector, and it was returned back to country after the 3D model was made.
This grinding stone is made from a very hard sandstone or quartzite. The periphery was shaped by unifacial percussion flaking followed by flaking and grinding. Both faces show signs of use as a grinding stone. Given the flat profile and relatively large size, is was probably used as a bottom stone, rather than a top stone, in processing seeds or other plant foods.