Mark:
Here is another article on two examples from rural Iowa of a similar scale to your site.
Terrell, Michelle M. 2000 Nineteenth Century Soft-Mud Brick Kilns: Two Examples from Lost Creek Valley, Mahaska County, Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Archaeological Society 47:7-25.
Best,
Michelle
Michelle M. Terrell, Ph.D., RPA
Two Pines Resource Group, LLC
17711 260th Street
Shafer, MN 55074
On Oct 26, 2012, at 8:28 AM, "Nansel, Blane H" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Mark,
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> You might want to take a look at:
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> Finney, Fred A., and Susan R. Snow
> 1991 Small-Scale, Soft-Mud Brickmaking Facilities in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: An Archaeological Example from Iowa. Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society 38:66-72, if you haven't already.
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Branstner, Mark C
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> Subject: Brick Clamp
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> Folks,
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> Our crews have just exposed the subplowzone base of a small, ca. 1830-1860 brick clamp in rural Illinois - probably no more than 30-ft square. I am looking for comparables in either published or unpublished reports, or contemporary literature about design and function ...
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> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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> Thanks in advance,
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> Mark
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