With Mud Talks 15-5 we continue a special eight-part miniseries dedicated to the topic of preserving earthen architecture. In this fifth episode of the series we speak to Pat Taylor, Historic Preservation Specialist & General Contractor followed by Calvin Chimoni from El Morro National Monument. We speak about raw material identification & testing, making adobe bricks as well as working with earth & stone.Resources & Further Reading:Adobe Conservation - A Preservation Handbook pp. 71 to 94by Cornerstones Community Partnerships (Author), Francisco Uviña Contreras (Illustrator)Publisher: Sunstone Press (August 15, 2006)ISBN-13: 978-0865345270https://www.cstones.org/booksUS National Park ServiceRepointing Mortar Joints in Historic Masonry Buildingshttps://www.nps.gov/tps/how-to-preserve/briefs/2-repoint-mortar-joints.htmUniversity of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of DesignCenter for Architectural Conservationhttps://www.design.upenn.edu/cacUS National Park ServiceVanishing Treasures Programhttps://www.nps.gov/orgs/1022/services.htmCROCKER LTD Architectural Conservation Websitehttp://www.crockerltd.net/US National Park ServiceEl Morro National Monument New Mexicohttps://www.nps.gov/elmo/index.htmThe Mud Talks Preserving Earthen Architecture series is brought to you in collaboration with Cornerstones Community Partnerships and is made possible by the support of the US Department of the Interior, National Park Service and a National Center for Preservation Technology & Training grant.

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