Al, The pavers in the parking lot are a great idea. I like how they mesh with the interpretive panels. 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 10:52 PM, Al Dart <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi Linda, > > At the West fork prehistoric site along the highway to the Gila Cliff > Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico, the Federal Highway > Administration, USDA Forest Service, and National Park Service collaborated > to create an exhibit showing where multiple pueblo and pithouse features > had been identified during an archaeological data recovery project prior to > a road-paving project. The exhibit includes brick pavers set into an > asphalt-surfaced parking pull-out to mark the courses of ancient pueblo > walls, with interpretive signs. Although the archaeological features were > destroyed by the road construction this is a nice exhibit where passersby > would never have known there was an archaeological site had the project not > taken place. Photos: > > https://www.dropbox.com/s/3cfw2fpdgu040wn/20140621-02% > 20Gila%20Cliff%20Dwellings%20West%20Fork%20site%20exhibit.JPG?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/k508wf8b2bgj005/20140621-03% > 20Gila%20Cliff%20Dwellings%20West%20Fork%20site%20sign%201.JPG?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/ususz1vxw0u413i/20140621-04% > 20Gila%20Cliff%20Dwellings%20West%20Fork%20site%20sign%202.JPG?dl=0 > https://www.dropbox.com/s/xdw39ijbom40k99/20140621-05% > 20Gila%20Cliff%20Dwellings%20West%20Fork%20site%20sign%203.JPG?dl=0 > > You might consider embedding pavers into the ground along the outlines of > the 15th century moat in combination with planting tall grass (or maybe > spreading decorative landscaping gravel) within the moat between the paver > outlines. > > > al > > Allen Dart, RPA 12244, Executive Director (Volunteer) > Old Pueblo Archaeology Center > PO Box 40577 > Tucson AZ 85717-0577 USA > 520-798-1201 > [log in to unmask] > www.oldpueblo.org > > Disclosure: Old Pueblo Archaeology Center's Executive Director Allen Dart > is a USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service cultural resources > specialist who volunteers his time to Old Pueblo. Views expressed in Old > Pueblo Archaeology Center communications do not necessarily represent views > of the U.S. Department of Agriculture or of the United States. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY <[log in to unmask]> On Behalf Of > Linda Derry > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2018 10:11 AM > 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 > [log in to unmask] > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the HISTARCH list: > write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe? > SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 > > ############################ > > To unsubscribe from the HISTARCH list: > write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > or click the following link: > http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe? > SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1 > ############################ To unsubscribe from the HISTARCH list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://community.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-LSOFTDONATIONS.exe?SUBED1=HISTARCH&A=1