The grinding tools were buried in ritual deposits, reflecting their high symbolic value and connection to the cycles of time, human life, nature, and the evolution of settlements.

While exploring Minecraft, players can find an item called grindstone. Although this can sound like a block in the game, it happens to be a tool that players can use.

It’s on the smooth, concave side of a grindstone tool that’s only 1.5 inches long, and experiments in a French laboratory suggest it was created with a pointed piece of ochre.

Grindstone is a Minecraft block players can commonly find inside villages. Grindstone blocks are primarily for items and tools in Minecraft and are considered a weaponsmiths job site block ...

A close look at 7,000-year-old grinding stones left in ancient firepits shows wandering herders in northern Saudi Arabia carried heavy tools for working on bones, plants and rocks.