Exploring Stone Walls

Cover Illustration for Exploring Stone Walls, by Robert M. Thorson (New York, Walker & Company, 2005).

Exploring Stone Walls remains in print since publication in February, 2005. To keep the book affordable and small, we left out materials that are available below. These materials enhance, rather than replace the book.

SUPPLEMENTS TO THE BOOK

• Color Maps for Stone Wall Geography

• Color photos of Ten Great Walls.

• Stone Wall Science. This list of terms can be used to describe stone walls scientifically.

• Classification systems for stone Concentrations, Rows, and Notable Stones . These were not included in Chapter 9 - Classification for lack of space.

• A hierarchical list of the Complete Stone Wall Taxa for the more serious stone wall scientist. This is the whole taxonmy, using labels only.

• A printable version of stone wall science is List of key terms (.doc)used in the book arranged by category. If you have the book, use the index to locate where they are defined.

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Errata: The text of Chapter 9 and the footnote on page 103 refer to stone rows, whereas the Appendix refers to the same thing as stone lines. Stone rows is correct.