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The following was one of several similar hits I got Googling "blood
dirt floors," indicating that "green" builders are using it now. What
I didn't find was any reference to rodent control, as dried cow's
blood is used by gardeners to discourage squirrels from digging up
bulbs, etc.
> Mud floors were the standard in New Mexico as well as in most of the
> rest of the world until the mid-1800s, Connerty said. Today, he
> said, a billion people in Latin America, Africa and Asia still live
> on mud floors, with each culture adapting them to local conditions
> and available resources.
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> For example, linseed oil and turpentine sometimes are used as
> sealers, but Connerty said he prefers blood, not only because of the
> rich red color it imparts but because it doesn't emit an odor in the
> unventilated room. He gets cow's blood from an Espaņola slaughter
> house.
Full text at http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/11825.html
Douglas K. Charles
Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology
Director of Collections, Archaeology Program
Wesleyan University
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