Mission San Diego Grinding Stones - San Diego, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 32° 47.097 W 117° 06.360
11S E 490073 N 3627451
These grinding stones are in the small Museum at Mission San Diego de Alcala.
Waymark Code: WMHGNQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2013
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The Mission San Diego de Alcala was the first of the many Spanish Catholic Missions in California. It is built on and was built by the local Kumeyaay Indians.
There is a small Museum on the site and a display window without a placard that exhibits several grinding stones. Throughout the Mission there are reminders of the native peoples: a replica of an 'ewaa or typical hut, a placard about the Indians, a sculpture of Father Jaime who was the first "martyr" killed by the Indians and buried here in the Basilica.
Note there are more grinding stones (and larger) outside near the replica hut.
Type: Bedrock Mortar
How did you find this "Ancient Evidence": Other
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