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New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their own

  • Written by Robert M. Thorson, Professor of Earth Science, University of Connecticut
New England stone walls lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology and geoscience, and deserve a science of their ownA typical New England stone wall in Hebron, Conn.Robert M. Thorson, CC BY-ND

The abandoned fieldstone walls of New England are every bit as iconic to the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and fall foliage. They seem to be everywhere – a latticework of dry, lichen-crusted stone ridges separating a patchwork of otherwise moist...

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