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Love to read that article. Please post details.
Best.
Leland
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Follett <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Monday, January 11, 1999 1:27 PM
Subject: Clay Mortar
>An article that I recently read, _Who Taught the Inca Stonemasons Their
>Skills_, says that the Tiahuanacan masons, sometime betwen 200 BC to 1000
AD,
>at Pumapunku possibly used a mortar composed of clay, lime and sand in
3:1:1
>proportions. The workers of the Instituto Nacional de Arqueologia stated
that
>it was extremely hard to remove the stones that were bonded with this
>material.
>
>Has anyone here encountered, or played with, such a mortar mixture?
>
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