I've been so wrapped up  in the reuse of these features in the 1819 town
plan of our state's first capital, that I haven't thought much about this.
so thanks for the reminders.   Also, since they flattened the mound and
backfilled the ditches, that period of the site's history has not attracted
much attention.  Good to have these reminders, thanks again.

Although, we are being considered for a new "Mound Tour" in our state, but
it will be the one "missing mound" on the mound trail.


Linda Derry
Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Alabama Historical Commission
9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
park:  334/ 875-2529
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On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 12:40 PM, Davis, Daniel B (KYTC) <
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> Have you checked with any Tribal representatives to see what they might
> consider appropriate?
>
> Daniel B. Davis
> Administrative Branch Manager, Cultural Resources Section
> Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
> Division of Environmental Analysis
> 200 Mero Street
> Frankfort, KY 40622
> (502) 564-7250 or (502) 782-5013
> KYTC Archaeology and KYTC Cultural Historic
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
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> Subject: archaeological interpretation
>
> Histarchers,
>
> Can anyone suggest some good examples  of sites where the locations of
> very large buried archaeological features have been marked for public
> interpretation without digging up the features or harming them in any way?
>
> For example, in Franklin TN, I saw that a portion of backfilled Civil War
> trenches were marked out using grey slag on the ground surface.  The slag
> was contained by landscape edging.   I noticed that grass was beginning to
> emerge through the rock  so it might not be a permanent installation
> unless there was a plan to regularly spray the rock with chemical weed
> killer.
>
> I want to mark the location of a very large semi-circular moat around a
> 15th century late Mississippian village.  It was back filled in the mid
> 19th century, but was used for a few decades as the centerpiece of an early
> 19th town plan.  I thought about planting a tall prairie style grass, but I
> what I really need is something that is a visual clue but something that
> visitors can easily walk across to access the acreage inside the
> semicircle.   I am hoping to accomplish this without much disturbance to
> the mid-19th century fill in side the moat. And of course, I do not have
> an unlimited budget.
>
> Any ideas or examples?  I know there is someone out there that can help me
> solve this puzzle.
>
> Linda Derry
> Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park Alabama Historical
> Commission
> 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
> park:  334/ 875-2529
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