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74 TABLE 3 RELATIVE OCCURRENCE OF VARIOUS CORNER TIMBERING METHODS ON LOG BUILDINGS IN PARTS OF UPPER SNAKE RIVER VALLEY, 1970 C o rn e r T im b erin g Method Number P ercent S a d d le n o tc h D o v e t a i l ( h a l f and f u l l ) "V" n o tc h S q uare n o tc h C o rn e r p o s t 43 3 5 11 9 61 4 7 15 ,_13_ 71 100 Sample t o t a l l o g and a c h a m f e r r e d p o i n t on t h e to p p e r m i t t i n g t h e l o g s t o in te rlo c k tig h tly . The "V" n o tc h was f c uiid on be t h hewn and unhewn lo g s w hich were e i t h e r c u t o f f f l u s h w ith t h e w a l l o r l e f t o v e r h a n g in g . D e s p ite t h e commonness o f "V" n o tc h in g i n a l l m id w e ste rn a r e a s i n h a b i t e d by Mormons b e f o r e th e y s e t t l e d i n t h e M ountain West ( K n if f e n an d G l a s s i e , 6 1 ) , r e l a t i v e l y few " V "-n o tc h e d lo g s t r u c t u r e s w ere found i n Mormon c o u n t r y . I n t h e R exburg sample o n ly a b o u t 7 p e r c e n t of re m a in in g lo g b u i l d i n g s w ere ” V" n o tc h e d . 5. S q u a re n o t c h i n g ( F i g s . 1 6e, 2 0 ) . The s q u a r e n o tc h i s t h e s i m p l e s t o f a l l t o c o n s t r u c t and may be a form d eg en ­ e r a t e d from t h e h a l f d o v e t a i l ( K n i f f e n and G l a s s i e , 5 6 ). It was f r e q u e n t l y e x e c u te d w ith a saw by c u t t i n g a r i g h t a n g le n o tc h a t t h e t o p and t h e b o tto m o f t h e l o g , l e a v i n g a s q u a r e d c e n t e r p i e c e w hich f i t be tw ee n t h e n o tc h e s o f t h e lo g s above an d b elo w . S q u a re n o t c h in g l a c k e d t h e s t r u c t u r e t o r e s i s t o u tw a rd t h r u s t i n t h e w a l l and t h e r e f o r e r e q u i r e d t h e use o f n a ils or pegs. I t was a v e r y common method u s e d by Mormons Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.