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Andalusian Impulse Grinding Wheel

datation
First half of 13th Century
provenance
Tbd
area
Spain
period
13th Century AD
themes
Hydrological engineering.

This grinding wheel is situated over a wooden wheel, the wheat is introduced by way of a central opening and there is a small opening through which a cutting implement is introduced. The base of the grinding wheel contains a small opening - 'lavijero'- that provides the impulses that move the wheel.

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