Archaic Indian Artifacts: Mano amp; Metate | Peoples of Mesa
Mano is the Spanish word for quot;hand,quot; and it refers to a stone that is held in one or both hands and moved back and forth against a larger stone in order to grind seeds, nuts, and other hard is derived from metatl, a word used by native peoples in central Mexico to describe the larger stone against which the mano is ground.. During the Archaic period, manos were round or oval