I also recommend obtaining a copy of Lesley Freudenheim, Building With  
Nature to get a better handle on how this anti-industrial movement affected  
people in the 1890-1920 time frame. People adapted to a philosophical ethos  
about building with stone, wood, brick and natural materials and this often  
included the craftsman ship of Japanese, Chinese, Indian (the nation), 
Native  American, and other earthy crafts people. 
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
 
 
In a message dated 10/7/2009 1:45:56 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
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Thanks,  Ron. I'll look into the Arts & Crafts literature. That's
interesting,  and would have been the right time period.

Erica

On Wed, Oct 7,  2009 at 10:33 AM, Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> This  question of later people moving milling equipment for landscaping 
and
>  masonry construction is one I have pondered myself, yet never read  
anything.
> The Civilian Conservation Corps used heavy milling stones in  roadside
> drainage ditches, drinking fountains, and retaining walls. At  least two
> fireplace surrounds in early 20th century buildings that I  know of had 
the
> milling basin mortared among the cobblesontes and  facing outward for 
public
> viewing. There should be a presentation on  this topic at one of the SHA
> conferences to draw out other people's  experiences. I know there is a 
lot of
> literature in the Arts &  Crafts Movement magazines about Native American 
art
> as a component of  the back-to-nature movement and something might be
> relevant  there.
>
>
>
> Ron May
>
> Legacy 106,  Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erica  Simmons <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
>  Sent: Tue, Oct 6, 2009 3:47 pm
> Subject: historic alteration of  prehistoric bedrock mortars
>
>
>
>
> Hello  Histarchers,
>
> I am working on a site in the San Francisco Bay  Area where there is a
> historically placed arrangement of bedrock  mortars that are a feature of 
a
> historically modified landscape. The  bedrock mortars were likely from a
> nearby prehistoric site, but were  moved to their current location 
sometime
> between the 1870s and the  1950s as landscaping for a succession of 
estates
> on the property. I  have seen a few similar historic re-locations and
> alterations of  bedrock mortars at other sites in the area, but I don't 
know
> of any  literature on this topic. If you know of any references you would
>  suggest, I'd appreciate the advice.
>
> Thanks,
> Erica  Simmons
>