Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Agents Facet
3. People (hierarchy name)
4. people (agents)
5. [people by occupation]
6. [people in engineering, building trades and planning]
7. construction workers

Narrower term/s

• banker masons
• bricklayers
• fixer masons
• stonemasons
• freemasons (construction workers)
• master masons

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to people who cut, carve, dress, and lay stone in the context of creating a building. Masons were among the most prestigious craftsmen of the Middle Ages. The term may also refer to anyone who builds with stone or a similar material, such as brick, concrete, or artificial stone.