Mexico's traditional stone carvers chisel on despite the loss of their quarries
The sound of hammers and chisels striking stone rings out on most Sundays in the cemetery in the ancient town of Xochiaca, a village swallowed up decades ago by the urban sprawl of Mexico City. Mexico's stone carvers in other areas long ago turned to mechanical cutters and polishers, but the craftsmen here depend on only hammers, mallets and a variety of chisels and gouges.
