Good to hear the Ben Franklin well is visible. It has been several
years since I was there, but at that time the visibility was awful
(and I thought I remember a couple more viewing places) and it seemed
like there was not a workable solution.
At 07:34 AM 6/28/2011, you wrote:
>There is a well under glass at Franklin Court in Philadelphia, an
>NPS site. Nearby the well is a tall brick clad vent that may help
>regulate the atmosphere as well as provide ventilation for the
>underground exhibits.
>
>KRD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
>Gaye Nayton
>Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 10:12 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Preservation in place/moving a brick floor
>
>Yeh moisture control is an issue which needs consideration, and of course
>lighting. Neither examples had visible problems that I know of but I have
>seen some nasty examples where someone has tried it outdoors.
>
>Bill Kelso may be able to direct you to how they solved it in Jamestown. You
>should also be able to contact The Museum of Sydney over the web, they have
>a web page. There is also York Archaeological Trust (also has web page) who
>run underground tours of sites under York Minister and Jorvik Viking Village
>(under a shopping centre).
>
>Gaye
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Melissa
>Diamanti
>Sent: Monday, 27 June 2011 8:33 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Preservation in place/moving a brick floor
>
>I've seen the example at Jamestown and thought it looked very good.If I
>remember correctly, there was lighting below the glass floor to illuminate
>the ruins, rather than relying on lighting through the floor. But I don't
>know where you could find the technical details of dealing with moisture
>control, avoiding build-up on the under-side of the glass, etc. that you
>would need to help in your planning.In Greece, there were both versions of
>ruins exposed under glass (as in the new museum in Athens) and ruins exposed
>in a sunken area with just a railing around them. This may solve some of
>the humidity/ventilation problems, but would reduce your usable floor
>space.You may have to ask in the preservation community, rather than among
>archaeologists.Meli Diamanti
>
>--- On Mon, 6/27/11, Gaye Nayton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>From: Gaye Nayton <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Preservation in place/moving a brick floor
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Monday, June 27, 2011, 5:29 AM
>
>In Sydney they built a museum over and beside the site of First Government
>House. Inside the museum:
>
>The remains of first Government House's drains and privies are exposed below
>the floor. Also displayed is a selection of relics, ruins and rubbish from
>the house retrieved by archaeologists in the 1980s.
>
>Also in Jamestown one of the museum buildings is built over an
>archaeological site which is exposed inside the building.
>
>Gaye
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Christa
>Beranek
>Sent: Monday, 27 June 2011 9:31 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Preservation in place/moving a brick floor
>
>Hi all,
>I've been excavating at a house museum site this summer and we have found a
>small (6 by 10 ft) brick floored building with substantial stone
>foundations, attached corner to corner with the main house. The outbuilding
>floor is a bit below grade, and we are speculating that it's a dairy.
>
>The house museum is looking for options and technical information about ways
>that they might preserve the feature in place or incorporate it into their
>new addition (a classroom and archival ell that they are planning to build
>in the same area). They are also interested in hearing if anyone has any
>examples of moving something like this and rebuilding it elsewhere. They
>are at the brainstorming stage right now.
>
>Any pointers to references for ideas, examples of other ways this has been
>done, or technical info about preservation strategies are appreciated,
>either to the list of off list to [log in to unmask]
>
>A photo of the partially exposed floor can be seen here:
>http://blogs.umb.edu/fiskecenter/2011/06/23/the-durant-kenrick-dairy/
>
>Sincerely,
>Christa
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