Fellow Histarchies,

Recently on an early nineteenth-century site in
Kentucky we found a 20 cm thick layer of granular,
almost fried looking limestone.  It chips off the sub
easily at 47 cm below the surface.  Historically, we
know they made bricks and processed mortar on the
site.  A few weeks and a county later, I saw a similar
layer on a mid-nineteenth-century farm residence.  No
artifacts were found in either layer.

My question is- has anyone else seen this in relation
to mortar processing or other activities?  From the
Histarch archives I have a reference for Harley
McKee's Intro to Early American Masonry...  Any
examples from archaeological contexts would be most
helpful.

Thanks!

Sarah

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Kentucky Archaeological Survey
Lexington, KY

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