Grinding stones and handstones from the chalcolithic site ...
The accumulation of grinding stones in pits is being connected directly with ritual grinding (Makkay 1978), and it corresponds with parallels in the complete grinding rooms in the Near East (Postgate 1992: Fig. 12: 5), which can also be relat¬ ed to the hoards of grinding stones on settlements (Constantin, Farruggia and Plateaux 1978) or in enclosures in the European Neolithic regions ...