On 29 June Alex Avdichuk wrote >I administer a large collection of architectural fragments in stone, metal, >brick, wood and terracotta. My cataloguing worksheet is not terribly >different from a standard artifact worksheet, Alex, I can't help with your worksheet myself, but Miles Lewis, an architectural Historian in Melbourne, has spent much of his life analysing building materials. You can find him on... http://www.arbld.unimelb.edu.au/~mbl/home.htm or ... [log in to unmask] I am myself interested in building materials from an archaeological point of view, and would like to establish a typology and reference list for bricks, tiles, nails, etc. Miles has already done a lot of this sort of work, but what is missing is a guide for archaeologists to building materials, something like the ceramic stamp and silver hallmark catalogues that have been produced for antique collectors. I'd be interested to know if you or anyone else on the list knows of this sort of resource. Regards, Gary Vines ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Gary Vines, Industrial Archaeologist/Curator Melbourne's Living Museum of the West Inc. P.O. Box 60 Highpoint City, Victoria, Australia, 3032. Telephone (613) 9318 3544 Fax (613) 9318 1039 email - [log in to unmask] http://www.livingmuseum.org.au ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````