Historic Charleston, SC has a well preserved in place within their visitors
center.  You might contact the Historic Charleston Foundation to get more
information--or Martha Zierdan at the Charleston Museum.

Lucy Wayne

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-----Original Message-----
From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Melissa
Diamanti
Sent: Monday, June 27, 2011 8:33 AM
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

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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
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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