[Artemisia] A New Discussion - SCA Skills in a Modern Plague

[Richard Samul]

The obvious answer is mud or some sort of clay in the short term.

If there's access to limestone, you can cook it (need to make a kiln  
and charcoal - wait, we covered that already) and get quicklime.  
Adding some water and sand gives you a passable mortar. I think that  
chalk will also work.

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HL Earc Cearr

On Sep 24, 2010, at 11:31 AM, Allen Hall wrote:

>
> Eyeglasses go back at least to the 14th Century, so we need to find  
> someone who knows "how".  Any takers?  You'll have steady employment/ 
> barter power!
>
> Speaking of "how do you..."  Defensive structures will be needed.   
> How do you make mortar for binding bricks/rocks together in walls?