Text describing a photograph of an Indian grinding mill, near Saddle Peak, Los Angeles, 1929
Description
Typewritten text reads: GRIST-MILL OF STONE AGE. Among the oak trees in Las Flores Canyon in the Malibu region of Southern California, on the site of an ancient Indian settlement, is a great flat piece of sandstone, seven feet in diameter, and pitted by circular holes worn out by the stone pestles of the grinders. Here the Indian women ground meal from acorns., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.