The mortar, pestle and cutting board in your kitchen are modern versions of manos and metates—ancient cooking implements ...

Whether you go the savory or sweet route, it's hard to beat a bowl of velvety grits-especially the stone ground kind. They have a hearty texture, which makes them more filling than other varieties.

It's believed that the stones were placed on giant wooden sledges and pulled along the ground using log rollers ... More than 4,000 years ago a small ring of stones stood for around 200 years.