Mary:  In the Southwest, chiefly in New Mexico and Arizona,
Euopean-introduced (i.e., Spanish) bread ovens are called "hornos."
They still exist in most Pueblo Indian communities and until the last
twenty years or so, a few could be found in O'odham communities in the
Sonoran Desert.
    B. Fontana

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Beaudry" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, June 08, 2001 12:41 PM
Subject: Query re outdoor bread ovens


> Perhaps a thread on this topic happened when I had my account set to
> nomail in earlier summers when I was actually in the field, but I'll
> ask anyway.
>
> Has anyone found remains of outdoor bread ovens at Anglo sites of
the
> colonial period?  I have a query from an architectural historian who
> has uncovered textual references to construction of ovens and an
> "oven sheed" but all the excavated examples we know of come from
> sites occupied by French, Italian, or German colonists.  I figure in
> New England we seldom have enough of the site left in urban areas to
> really find everything that was in the original homelot, but perhaps
> someone has come up with evidence we can muster to clarify the
> documents and satisfy curiousity?
>
> Best,
> Mary B.
>
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>
> Mary C Beaudry
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> Boston University
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