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Wooden mortar made from piņon with pestle made from another wood that were found cached in a narrow dry rockshelter near the Pecos River in western Val Verde County. Prickly pear seeds were found in cracks in the mortar hole, showing one of the types of seeds processed with this tool. The mortar is heavily worn and must have pounded many a seed in its life. TARL Archives.

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