Pueblo Milling Stones of the Flagstaff Region and Their Relation to Others in the Southwest (Pamphlet)

Description

Author: Bartlett, Katherine  (1907-2001)

Publisher: Northern Arizona Society of Science and Art (Museum of Northern Arizona)

Pub Date: 1933

Binding: Paperback

Condition: 8 copies.  Copies 1-7 (PC25): Good.  Stapled binding tight.  No marks, tears, bends or folds.  Very light edge and corner wear.  All appear unused.  Copy 8 (PC25):   Fair.  Stapled binding tight.  No tears, bends or folds.  One small spot, slightly larger than a pencil eraser, on bottom front cover corner at spine foot.  Foxing to front and rear spine edges.

Notes: Museum of Northern Arizona Bulletin 3.  Her article Pueblo Milling Stones of the Flagstaff Region and Their Relation to Others in the Southwest: A Study in Progressive Efficiency “has become a standard reference on groundstone food-processing technology,” according to the Society for American Archaeology.  (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Bartlett )   “Is it not strange that the corn mills of the ancient Southwesterners have received so little attention or thought?  In a corn culture such as the Pueblos had, where their very life depended on their crops, what was the most important thing in their homes, if not their grinding stones?…In the old days, before white men’s food became a part of the Indian diet, corn was the staple food and most of the corn dishes were prepared from corn meal.  An average-sized family used one large bowl of corn meal every day (about three quarts), and a supply of 10 to 20 bowls of meal was kept on hand for the days to come.  This required that when one bowl was used another bowlful must be ground.”  (Page 1)  The “relation” of the title refers to comparisons between stones and grinding techniques of different Basketmaker eras, rather than by state. Bartlett was a curator, librarian, and archivist at the Museum of Northern Arizona for more than 4 decades.