Weather: June Daily Weather II; Plants are a Jumping!, 1 by Kelli

Kelli wrote:
This is called a bedrock mortar. You can see a large hole in the center of the picture and a smaller one at the top. This is where the Indians would grind acorns into flour. That was the staple food of the people who lived away from the beach. This is a shady spot and also there was a nice breeze there. As I'm sure you know, these folks may have been "low tech", but they weren't stupid. :-) (The Indians who lived here were called the Chumash. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chumash_(tribe) )

BTW, this probably would have been a tough year for the Indians. I haven't seen any acorns on the trees. They had a story to explain events like that. Every night, two divinities, Sun and Sky Coyote played a gambling game. On the winter solstice, they added up the score. If Sky Coyote won, he took his winnings in the form of game, acorns, and other foods, which he tossed down to earth for the people to enjoy. If Sun won, he took his winnings in the form of human lives and it would be a dry year.