Locating of soil material for use in adobe stabilization at Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Post DF, Robbins JC, Fenn DB. 1979. Locating of soil material for use in adobe stabilization at Fort Bowie National Historic Site

Preservation of adobe or earthen structures is a continuing problem. Various chemical amendments have been tried in the past, but they were often ineffective. A project at Fort Bowie was initiated to locate source areas of suitable soil that CGuld be used successfully as unamended mud mortar or plaster material.

Type
Unpublished Report
Authors
Post, Donald; Robbins, John; Fenn, Dennis
Date of Issue
1979
Units
FOBO
Keywords
Archeology, Erosion, Historic Structures, Preservation, Ruins, Stabilization

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