tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post1766834416751866056..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: GroundstoneSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-72837826560863999562008-05-20T08:31:00.000-07:002008-05-20T08:31:00.000-07:00Matt - there are large camps near by, the project ...Matt - there are large camps near by, the project area is on the shoreline of a prehistoric lake (Lake Cahuilla) now dried up with the exception of the Salton Sea that refilled after a Colorado River flood earlier in the 20th century. The climate was pretty much the same as now during late prehistory, but there was water to attract people to the area.<BR/><BR/>Peter - that is a very reasonable surmise, but we would be finding more pestles (and probably stone mortars) if that were the case. This find was highly unusual.Reid Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18382498430164817928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-75679220595951716192008-05-18T08:02:00.000-07:002008-05-18T08:02:00.000-07:00My guess would be that the mountain tribe sent who...My guess would be that the mountain tribe sent whole rather than ground acorns to the desert tribe, perhaps because ground ones would go bad more quickly, and hence the desert tribe had to acquire a pestle. If they had received already ground acorns they'd have no need for a pestle. No one would carry a heavy pestle 20 miles without good reason.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-38939897114675621852008-05-14T16:24:00.000-07:002008-05-14T16:24:00.000-07:00Welcome back!So, explain to me: these things are j...Welcome back!<BR/><BR/>So, explain to me: these things are just lying around because people were walking through the bad lands, or were they camped there? Did it look prety much like it does today? Give us some context.Matt Mullenixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11198069782508775543noreply@blogger.com