Bringing millstones to America: 19th century use of Norwgian mica-schist millstones in the United States

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2019
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Hannibal, Joseph T.
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Hannibal, Joseph T.; . (2019) . Bringing millstones to America: 19th century use of Norwgian mica-schist millstones in the United States. Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 307-317. https://doi.org/10.21001/rap.2019.extra-4.21.
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Norwegian mica-schist millstones are preserved at two sites in the upper Midwest of the United States, the Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum in Iowa, and Beckman Mill in Wisconsin. Based on their mineral composition, the stone for these millstones was quarried at two classic Norwegian mica-schist
millstone quarry regions, Hyllestad and Selbu. These millstones were brought to the American Midwest at a time when commercial mills were scarce and when wheat was a key crop.
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Anderson, T.J., Alonso, N. (eds), Tilting at Mills: The Archaeology and Geology of Mills and Milling. Revista d’Arqueologia de Ponent. Número Extra 4, 2019. ISBN: 9788491440291
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http://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/69378
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https://doi.org/10.21001/rap.2019.extra-4.21
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Revista d'arqueologia de Ponent, 2019, extra 4, p. 307-317
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