Thanks to all who posted on this subject. The next time I am down at the Reservoir, I am going to see if I can find the Chipicil cross (Tim Perttulla please contact me). Since this opened up a lot of new infor, I plan on getting more info to teach my people down there what it is so we can record what is left. Thanks.
Mark Howe
"Life is how you make it, the future is how you leave your past."
> Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:47:43 -0500
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> Subject: Re: reply on chipichil from Museum of South Texas History
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> I should have walked across the room to ask our historical architect, Dr Mario Sanchez. He wrote the book A Shared Experience, which Ms Adams cites. He described chipichil to me as "limecrete." The book and its companion teachers guide are online in their entirety at a website maintained by Rice University www.rice.edu/armadillo/Past.
> BJH
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> Barbara J Hickman, Staff Archeologist
> Archeological Studies Program
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> >>> On 27 July, 2012 at 4:00 PM, in message <[log in to unmask]>, Lisa Adam <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Another member of the listserv mentioned the query about chipichil to me.
> Chipichil, sometimes spelled tipichil is a lime-based concrete with
> aggregates of sand or gravel. I’ve also seen a reference to the use of
> cotton fibers and goat or cow’s milk as additions.
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> Tipichil was often used for roofs and floors of structures in our region in
> Spanish colonial and early Mexican times. It was particularly valued as
> roofing because it was fire-resistant, compared to the thatching used in
> smaller jacales. It was also more waterproof. As you probably know, the
> lime or cal was often made by burning with mesquite with local limestone or
> caliche rock.
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> Tipichil is mentioned in A Shared Experience: the History, Architecture,
> and Historic Designations of the Lower Rio Grande Heritage Corridor,
> published by the Texas Historical Commission, and in some other books about
> the region, such as De León: a Tejano Family History (Castillo Crimm), Ranch
> Life in Hidalgo County after 1850 (Ramírez), and Early Texas Architecture
> (Echols). In our collection, we have two small fragments of this
> material—they more or less look like flattish rocks—from a South Texas casa
> mayor.
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> I’ve never heard of a chipichil cross, although I would certainly be
> interested in seeing or learning about one.
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> Best regards,
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> Lisa Kay Adam
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