probably Chumash (archaeological) (attributed) Search this
Expedition:
Mrs. Thea Heye Burton Mound Expedition (1923) Search this
Expedition leader:
John Peabody Harrington (J.P. Harrington), Non-Indian, 1884-1961 Search this
Expedition sponsor:
Thea Heye (Thea Kowne/Mrs. Dorothea Page/Mrs. George Gustav Heye), Non-Indian, 1888-1935 Search this
Object Name:
Pestle (Image withheld, pending review)
Media/Materials:
Stone
Techniques:
Ground
Object Type:
Food Gathering and Preparation
Place:
Pit e (Eaton Mound) (for one object); Burton Mound (Syujtun) and Eaton Site; Santa Barbara; Santa Barbara County; California; USA (inferred)
Date created:
AD 1000–1830 (Late Holocene to Post-contact period)
Collection History:
Excavated in 1923 during the Thea Heye Burton Mound Expedition, led by ethnologist and linguist John Peabody Harrington (1884-1961) and sponsored by Thea (Mrs. George) Heye.
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