Stones

Question 1

One of the oldest and most common walling materials

Answer 1

stone

Question 2

types of stone which are easy to carve

Answer 2

limestone, sandstone, granite, marble, and lightweight volcanic stones like tufa

Question 3

a thin paste of lime or cement and water; spread between blocks of stone to ease construction and seal gaps

Answer 3

mortar

Question 4

method in which mortar is not used to fit stones together

Answer 4

dry stone method

Question 5

type of stone masonry in which vast blocks of stone were carefully carved and out together without the use of mortar; evident in very early Greek buildings (c. 1300 BCE)

Answer 5

Cyclopean masonry

Question 6

name given to neatly carved, regular blocks of stone in regular courses

Answer 6

Ashlar

Question 7

type of stone masonry usually with rubble bound together or a core of cement to save money and provide the wall with greater stability instead of simply filling it with carved blocks

Answer 7

Ashlar masonry

Question 8

square gaps left between stone blocks in a wall to allow the passage of a short horizontal beam to be used as a means of support for scaffolding

Answer 8

putlog

Question 9

A method in further pronouncing the profile of stone by carving it and giving a 3D effect

Answer 9

rustification

Question 10

A method of building stone walls using unevenly shaped and sized stone pieces

Answer 10

rubble walling