These are also found with the Italian workers' camps
in Colorado.  It was a fairly common European bread
oven.  An interesting side note is that in New Mexico
and other Spanish-speaking areas they are called
"horno" while the Italian word comes directly from the
latin as "forno."  French and Spanish dropped the "f"
for a silent "h" sometime during the middle ages.

--- Kent Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> In doing an archaeological survey in Wisconsin, one
> our crews came upon what
> they described as a railroad camp that included the
> ruins of a
> beehive-shaped stone cooking oven and a great deal
> of faunal material,
> especially bovine.  Has anyone else come across a
> similar situation? And how
> was it explained.  Thanks.
> 
> 
> Kent Taylor
> 


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