Manual Grinding Wheel – Object of the Month for June 2022

In the month in which the European Archeology Days are celebrated, we exhibit a set of lithic materials found at the Luz 20 archaeosite.
It is a manual grinding system consisting of a dormant element that served as a base and a moving element that was an instrument used to grind the grain. These archaeological materials date from the Chalcolithic period and are an ancient example of milling and agricultural practice.

Material: Granite Stone
Height (dormant): 6 cm
Width (dormant): 26 cm
Length (dormant): 16 cm
Perimeter (moving): 19 cm
4th and 3rd Millenium BC
Archaeological Site: Luz 20
Deposit of DRC Alentejo

May 16, 2023