Exploring the First Ground Stone Quarry Discovered in the Casas Grandes Region Using Ethnoarchaeology

Authors

Michael T. Searcy, Brigham Young University - ProvoFollow
Todd Pitezel

Keywords

Casas Grandes, stone quarry, archaeology

Abstract

Several researchers have noted and studied the exquisitely formed manos and metates of the Casas Grandes region of northern Mexico. During a survey project in 2013, we located the first quarry ever discovered where these tools were manufactured of vesicular basalt using a suite of stone tools. This paper explores the morphology of the site, the toolkit of the metateros (metate makers), and ethnoarchaeological implications resulting from the study of modern metateros.

Original Publication Citation

Searcy, Michael T., and Todd Pitezel 2014 Exploring the First Ground Stone Quarry Discovered in the Casas Grandes Region Using Ethnoarchaeology. Paper presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Texas.

BYU ScholarsArchive Citation

Searcy, Michael T. and Pitezel, Todd, "Exploring the First Ground Stone Quarry Discovered in the Casas Grandes Region Using Ethnoarchaeology" (2014). Faculty Publications. 6702.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/6702

Document Type

Conference Paper

Publication Date

2014

Publisher

Society for American Archaeology

Language

English

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

University Standing at Time of Publication

Assistant Professor

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