0 a simple device for grinding grain (= making it into a powder) between two heavy circular stones -- 手推石磨；小手磨
Saddle querns, which are a slab of stone slightly hollow on the surface in which corn can be ground using a large pebble, have been recovered from Ardnave, Kilellan and Manitoba.
Luch would be set to turn the quern to grind the oatmeal, and then she'd be sent to fetch hay, peat, and water.
Amongst the artifacts recorded are a plain bronze pin and a jewelled pin, four arrow heads, two saddle querns, and large quantities of Early Bronze Age flint.
At that time rice was brought into cultivation, and grain was crushed with a wheel in the quern.
The remains of a quern for grinding grain was also found within this central area, as was a single carved rock.
The pottery was painted with pigments that had been mixed with glass frit and ground in a wet quern.
The quern was an important tool in the household, and the quernstones were serial products aimed at larger markets and produced for people from different levels of the society.
The broom was rushing around the room sweeping the floor of its own accord and the quern was grinding the corn without human assistance.
