They were first used in the Neolithic era to grind cereals into flour. A handle slot contained a handle which enabled the rotary quern to be rotated. The central hole of a rotary quern is called the eye, and a dish in the upper surface is known as the hopper. The upper stone was moved in a back-and-forth motion across the saddle quern. The lower stationary stone of early examples is called a saddle quern, while the upper mobile stone is called a muller, rubber or handstone. Quern-stones are stone tools for hand- grinding a wide variety of materials. Nepali women using quern-stones to grind grains
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |