![]() Many of the long-lasting, ancient shelters, temples, monuments, artifacts, fortifications, roads, bridges, and entire cities were built of stone. It is one of the oldest activities and professions in human history. The basic tools, methods and skills of the banker mason have existed as a trade for thousands of years. ![]() Stonemasonry is the craft of shaping and arranging stones, often together with mortar and even the ancient lime mortar, to wall or cover formed structures. Stonemasonry or stonecraft is the creation of buildings, structures, and sculpture using stone as the primary material. Stonemasonry with andesite, Borobudur, Indonesia. 12th-century stonemasonry at Angkor Wat Diamond-wire saw in use for quarrying marble. Gobekli Tepe, early monumental Neolithic stonemasonry using flint-carved limestone columns (~9500 BCE). Constructed using the massive precut stone method. ![]() ![]()
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