Susan, There is a large fat skillet , likely of French origin, that comes from Presidio
Los Adaes (1723-1773) in northwest Louisiana that likely was a coral. It was associated with a pit feature impacted by treasure hunters. Across the area today the cast iron skillets are used as comales , stored in the kitchen with the metate and mano. Local Spanish uses the French word, sedron for these skillets. Ceramic comales are seemingly absent here abouts. Anyway this one is about 10 x 20 cm. , a round oval and relatively thin. Closest thing we have found. Thought you might find it of interest.  H.F.Gregory

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> On May 10, 2016, at 11:27 AM, Susan Walter <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> May 10, 2016
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> Hello Histarchers,
> 
> Ahhh, the perils of volunteering!
> 
> I am reassessing a site that was excavated in the 1970s.  
> It was an adobe, with outdoor floor pit cooking.
> I volunteered to look at the bags of unidentified metal.
> In several bags were pieces of iron sheeting, or, rather – flaking, rusty flat stuff.
> These are all broken, and I didn’t discern any edges on these pieces.
> They are up to 6” long, but mostly smaller.
> There is also part of a round thingy that looks like a stove plate, but isn’t.
> I didn’t measure it but estimate it would have been about 8” in diameter.
> 
> Does this sound like a comal?
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> If so, does anyone have references to a description of the archaeological remains of a comal?
> 
> S. Walter