Katherine -- Martha Zierden at the Charleston Museum has just published an excellent report on a garden in downtown Charleston SC that might be very helpful. Contact info for her is available through the
SHA members list. Carl Steen

3/26/2002 3:42:56 PM, Katharine Watson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>  Date:   Wed, 27 Mar 2002 08:42:56 +1200
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>  From:   Katharine Watson <[log in to unmask]>
>  Subject:Garden archaeology
>  To:     [log in to unmask]
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>  Hi,
>  I'm currently studying a garden that was probably first created in the late
>  1850s or early 1860s in New Zealand.  It was subsequently destroyed in the
>  early 1950s when the level of the nearby lake was raised for hydroelectric
>  purposes.  The level of said lake fell significantly late last year,
>  enabling me to map the site (associated with a farm house).  Very little
>  work has been done in the area of garden archaeology in NZ and I was
>  wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of some useful articles,
>  papers, etc, particularly any that focus on 'ordinary' gardens.  I'm
>  interested in the different approaches that people have taken to the
>  analysis of gardens.  Thanks,
>  Katharine
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>  Katharine Watson
>  55 Jeffreys Rd
>  Fendalton
>  Christchurch
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>  (03) 351 7840
>  (027) 656 3985
Carl Steen
Archaeologist
The Diachronic Research Foundation
PO Box 50394
Columbia, SC 29250
Web Site: http://diachronicresearch.com