thanks Lyle.  Mine situation is a puzzle, since the original feature was a
depression (ditch / moat), it may be hard for people to understand if we
raise the elevation.  I'm very frustrated about how to accomplish this task.


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 1:48 PM, Lyle Browning <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> The City of Richmond, VA demarcated the ditch and mound of the notorious
> Belle Isle Civil War POW camp using an earthen berm over it. But, 95%± of
> the site had already been destroyed by bridge construction, thus only a
> small part is over in situ remains.
>
> Lyle E. Browning, RPA
> Browning & Associates, Ltd.
> 2240 Chartstone Drive
> Midlothian, VA 23113
> 804-379-1666 mobile
>
> > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Linda Derry
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 1:11 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > 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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