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Metate and Mano : Tools used to grind seeds and vegetables
Agriculture and Food of the Anasazi Indians
The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest ate most food that many of the other American Indians ate.
The Anasazi's diets consisted of wild maize (corn), beans, seeds, and squash.
The Anasazi dried thier vegetables grown at thier homes and stone-ground them with a tool called metate and mano (shown at left).
To Grind thier seeds they first put them on hot coals and then ground into meal. Pinenuts were ground into a paste and corn was ground into cornmeal and used as a staple in thier diets until beans came along in 500 AD.
The Anasazi Indians of the Southwest ate most food that many of the other American Indians ate.
The Anasazi's diets consisted of wild maize (corn), beans, seeds, and squash.
The Anasazi dried thier vegetables grown at thier homes and stone-ground them with a tool called metate and mano (shown at left).
To Grind thier seeds they first put them on hot coals and then ground into meal. Pinenuts were ground into a paste and corn was ground into cornmeal and used as a staple in thier diets until beans came along in 500 AD.
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This is the type of pit in which the Anasazi kept food stored
Along with grinding up thier food with a metate and mano they too had their own unique way of keeping the food good.
The Anasazi would make clay pottery or weave baskets and bags that they would then distrubute the food into and then these bags, baskets, and pottery would be placed down in these large pits, or hole in the ground with a ladder leading down to where the stores are kept ( see picture on left).
The Anasazi would make clay pottery or weave baskets and bags that they would then distrubute the food into and then these bags, baskets, and pottery would be placed down in these large pits, or hole in the ground with a ladder leading down to where the stores are kept ( see picture on left).