At Franklin Court in Philadelphia shaft features and key walls were made
visible to the public by constructing concrete half-shell like protective
viewing boxes with thick Plexiglas or glass (not sure which one) over the
features.  They have been in place for years and are tourist favorites. I
would contact Bob Giannini at the National Park Service in Philadelphia. At 
[log in to unmask]   He worked on the original excavations and may be
quite helpful.

Bill Liebeknecht, MA
Hunter Research, Inc.
Trenton, New Jersey.



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I am currently working on a master plan with a landscape architectural
firm for an archaeological park at the site of a late 18th early 19th c.
frontier fort in Georgia. The site has an interesting stockade wall
trench feature with collapsed firebox feature that was probably situated
within a corner blockhouse. Together these features probably represent
the SW corner of the fort. I would like to preserve these features for
visitors to see, but, of course, the features cannot be open to the
weather. The minimum surface area is about 6' x 12'.  A photo of these
features can be seen at
http://archaeoseek.ning.com/profile/JamesDAngelo. Does anyone know of an
example of enclosing such features for public view short of constructing
a building over them?  Help with this will be greatly appreciated...



James J. D'Angelo, RPA, Ph.D.

Archaeologist

TRC

4155 Shackleford Road Suite 225

Norcross, Georgia, 30093

770.270.1192  x125 phone
770.270.1392  fax
404.580.2079 cell
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