Hi Everyone -- Thanks very much to everyone who proposed ideas and other
sites to look at!  I'm about to forward all of this (compiled) on to the
house museum folks so that we can all mull over possibilities.

Sincerely,
Christa

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 9:49 AM, Leslie C. "Skip" Stewart-Abernathy <
[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> 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/<http://blogs.umb.edu/fiskecenter/2011/06/23/the-durant-kenrick-dairy/>
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Christa
>>
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