metate

Mesoamerican quern or milling-stone
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metate

Summary

metate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • metate's image is recorded as Takalik Abaj metate 1.jpg[2].
  • metate's subclass of is recorded as quern-stone[3].
  • metate's subclass of is recorded as hand tool[4].
  • metate's subclass of is recorded as archaeological artefact[5].
  • metate's has use is recorded as grinding[6].
  • metate's Commons category is recorded as Metate[7].
  • metate's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08qg0c[8].
  • metate's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300209571[9].
  • metate's described by source is recorded as Diccionario del español de México[10].
  • metate's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/metate[11].
  • metate's used by is recorded as indigenous peoples of Central America[12].
  • metate's indigenous to is recorded as indigenous peoples of Central America[13].
  • metate's connects with is recorded as mano[14].
  • metate's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as metate[15].
  • metate's Nomenclature for Museum Cataloging is recorded as 4643[16].
  • metate's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 157498[17].

Why It Matters

metate ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (143 views/month).[1] metate has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] metate is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). metate. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/metate
MLA “metate.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/metate.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_metate_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{metate}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/metate}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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