Object Details
- Collection History
- Excavated between 1902 and 1908 by amateur archaeologist Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (1836-1918) for the State Historical Society of North Dakota (Bismarck, North Dakota); purchased by MAI from the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 1925.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Plains Village Tradition (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Excavator
- Ernst Reinhold Steinbrueck (E. R. Steinbrueck), Non-Indian, 1836-1918
- Previous owner
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Seller
- State Historical Society of North Dakota
- Date created
- AD 1000–1700 (Early to Late Plains Village period)
- Object Name
- Mortar
- Media/Materials
- Stone
- Techniques
- Ground
- Object Type
- Food Gathering and Preparation
