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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