Here's a question to those of you that have excavated remains of early log
cabins.  Has anyone discovered one that sat atop a full brick foundation  or
one with a brick floor? If so, I'd like to hear the details.

Of course some must have sat directly on the ground, but what is the range
of possibilities for foundations for log cabins?   And the same question for
flooring in log cabins.  I've seen reference to puncheon floors in
documents, but what about brick. 

I'm working on early 19th century sites in the southeastern U.S.  I'm
working on a town site that had a brick yard before it had any saw mills,
and initially it was settled before steamboats were running so clapboards,
etc. were very hard to obtain in the early years. 


Linda Derry
Site Director
Old Cahawba
719 Tremont St.
Selma, AL 36701
ph. 334/875-2529
fax. 334/877-4253
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