The stone walls of New England lie at the intersection of history, archaeology, ecology, and earth sciences and deserve a science of their own.
New England’s abandoned stone walls are as iconic of the region as lobster pots, town greens, sap buckets and autumn leaves. They seem to be everywhere; a lattice of dry, lichen-encrusted stone ridges separating a patch of otherwise moist soil. Stone walls can be found here and there in other states, but in New England… Read More »