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lotsie · May 28, 2010

What kind of building material has oyster shells in it:shocked:.

Mark

Nathan · May 28, 2010

lotsie said: ↑

What kind of building material has oyster shells in it:shocked:.

Mark
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From Beaufort County Library, SC -- About tabby, the oyster shell concrete of the Lowcountry

According to Janet H. Gritzner, "the vast majority of tabby structures were located on the southern Atlantic coast. This distribution reflects diffusion from two primary centers or hearths: one at Saint Augustine, Florida, and the other at Beaufort, South Carolina. These centers represented the core areas for two separate traditions in tabby building. ... British-built tabby arising out of Beaufort, South Carolina, had a quite different history and distribution from that of Spanish origin." Although the British tradition began later (around 1700, upon introduction of the technques from Spanish Florida) than the Spanish (1580), it was less restricted. "Beaufort, South Carolina, was both the primary center for British tabby and the location of the earliest British tabby in the southeastern United States. It was here that the British tradition first developed, and from this hearth tabby eventually spread throughout the sea island district."
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