Also, (I would assume) that if one started at the
top the weight might cause the lattice to sag or
collapse.  Starting at the bottom the mud, though
wet and pliable, would still work to carry its load
to the ground.

Marty Perdue
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From: "Daniel H. Weiskotten" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]>
Date:  Wed, 04 Aug 2004 22:41:18 -0400

>I understand they were done by the "pros" from the bottom up with a slight
>slope to the top of the layer so that any water that seeps into the matrix
>would be shed down and outward.  I always figured that if it was all done
>in one job it wouldn't matter, although any straw of fiber inclusions meant
>to strengthen may have worked better with a particular alignment.
>
>It also seems that by starting at the top the wet and quite plastic mud
>would slough off as it had no support below.
>
>I would like to know if it had to be a team effort, with a mudder on the
>inside and one on the outside, keeping pace and keeping the job neat and tidy.
>
>         Dan W.
>
>
>
>At 10:30 PM 8/4/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>Anyone know if mud / wattle & daub, bouzillage walls were mudded from bottom
>>to top or top to bottom.
>>
>>Jim Parker
>





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