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LARGE HEMATITE GRINDING on a construction site in St. Charles County, Missouri in 2001. Two of the three smaller hematite artifacts were found in direct contact with the grinding stone. The Snyders Grooved plummet was found about 50 feet away and may also be directly related. The largest piece of hematite shows various reduction processes such as scraping, hammering and grinding. The other artifact, laying in the center of the grinding cavity, is a plummet "blank" that was evidently being pecked, ground and shaped to form a plummet. Notice the heavy red stain on the surface of the grinding cavity. This material is red ochre and was caused
from grinding hematite. long, 13 1/2 inches (34.2 cm) wide and 5 inches (12.7 cm) thick. It weighs 33 pounds (15 kg).
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