Abstract
ABSTRACTVesicular basalt cylinders are a common, but somewhat enigmatic, artifact found in the Sinagua area. This study focuses on 55 basalt cylinders recovered during excavations at Lizard Main Village during the summers of 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1988. The comparison of use wear on experimental vesicular basalt cylinders used to work wood, to remove the kernels from dried corn, to smooth a clay disk, and to scrape a ceramic vessel suggests that at least some of the archaeological specimens may have been used in pottery manufacture. This hypothesis is further supported by traces of clay remaining imbedded in many cylinders.
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