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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