stone, Architecture, environment

Local Stone

Telluride — Stone is a fundamental reference point for the concept of fixity: set in stone, permanent, immovable. Yet from ancient times humans have been carting heavy stone from place to place. The Inka transported huge stones over distance; indeed, in the last days of their empire, stone, was quarried south of Cuzco and then moved north over 1000 K to what is now Ecuador. Ancient Roman stone was moved ...