Rita and Linda,
It was a little more complicated than that. The south side of the redan is
in an asphalt-paved parking lot, while the north side is in one of the
city's historic cobblestone streets. Temporary removal of the cobbles for
a drainage project was the impetus for our dig. So, then the city replaced
the cobbles. We were fortunate to receive the SEAC Public Outreach Grant
for this project, and had planned on some sort of 'painted' outline, for a
few hundred dollars. The City that that was unworthy, and agreed to fund
the brick paving (10x more, at least). This was more permanent, and much
more visible as it traversed two different paved surfaces.
The paved outline is accompanied by two waysides, all funded by the SEAC
grant.
And, interestingly, we all suspected that the large cobblestones were not
that 'historic'. Excavations revealed multiple levels of paving, one of
the earliest being very small flint cobbles, that had cemented themselves
together rather nicely. A much more user-friendly surface!
Martha
On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Rita Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> I believe the asphalt paved road was already there in Charleston;
> archaeologists just delineated where the redan was after discovering it, by
> cutting through the extant road and marking the feature with brick. Its
> been awhile since I read about it, so hopefully I got that straight!
> The Utah wagon wheels sound clever indeed. Good luck on your project!
>
> Rita Elliott, M.A., RPA 11477
> *Education Coordinator & Research Associate*
> The LAMAR Institute, P.O. Box 2992, Savannah, GA 31402
> www.thelamarinstitute.org [log in to unmask] 706.341.7797
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Rita,
> >
> > Thanks for the example. The asphalt scares me. I sometimes even regret
> > asphalting one of the old roads that we reopened.
> > But if you have asphalt, bricks or pavers would certainly be the way to
> go.
> >
> > It is not at all the same thing, but in Utah at the "This is the place"
> > site, they placed wagon wheel tracks in the parking lot to represent the
> > first Morman settlers arriving and to guide visitors into the museum. I
> > thought that was very clever.
> >
> >
> > Linda Derry
> > Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> > Alabama Historical Commission
> > 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
> > park: 334/ 875-2529
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Rita Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hey Linda,
> > > Martha Zierden and the Charleston Museum/city delineated the 18th
> century
> > > redan by using bricks in what was otherwise a sea of asphalt. I am sure
> > she
> > > can provide the specifics if you are interested. Not exactly 15th
> > century,
> > > but it may give you ideas...
> > > Best,
> > > Rita
> > >
> > > Rita Elliott, M.A., RPA 11477
> > > *Education Coordinator & Research Associate*
> > > The LAMAR Institute, P.O. Box 2992, Savannah, GA 31402
> > > www.thelamarinstitute.org [log in to unmask] 706.341.7797
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > 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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