ah, many twists and turns. It often is that way isn't it.
Linda Derry
Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
Alabama Historical Commission
9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
park: 334/ 875-2529
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On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Martha Zierden <
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> Rita and Linda,
> It was a little more complicated than that. The south side of the redan is
> in an asphalt-paved parking lot, while the north side is in one of the
> city's historic cobblestone streets. Temporary removal of the cobbles for
> a drainage project was the impetus for our dig. So, then the city replaced
> the cobbles. We were fortunate to receive the SEAC Public Outreach Grant
> for this project, and had planned on some sort of 'painted' outline, for a
> few hundred dollars. The City that that was unworthy, and agreed to fund
> the brick paving (10x more, at least). This was more permanent, and much
> more visible as it traversed two different paved surfaces.
> The paved outline is accompanied by two waysides, all funded by the SEAC
> grant.
>
> And, interestingly, we all suspected that the large cobblestones were not
> that 'historic'. Excavations revealed multiple levels of paving, one of
> the earliest being very small flint cobbles, that had cemented themselves
> together rather nicely. A much more user-friendly surface!
> Martha
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Rita Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > I believe the asphalt paved road was already there in Charleston;
> > archaeologists just delineated where the redan was after discovering it,
> by
> > cutting through the extant road and marking the feature with brick. Its
> > been awhile since I read about it, so hopefully I got that straight!
> > The Utah wagon wheels sound clever indeed. Good luck on your project!
> >
> > Rita Elliott, M.A., RPA 11477
> > *Education Coordinator & Research Associate*
> > The LAMAR Institute, P.O. Box 2992, Savannah, GA 31402
> > www.thelamarinstitute.org [log in to unmask] 706.341.7797
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Rita,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the example. The asphalt scares me. I sometimes even
> regret
> > > asphalting one of the old roads that we reopened.
> > > But if you have asphalt, bricks or pavers would certainly be the way to
> > go.
> > >
> > > It is not at all the same thing, but in Utah at the "This is the place"
> > > site, they placed wagon wheel tracks in the parking lot to represent
> the
> > > first Morman settlers arriving and to guide visitors into the museum.
> I
> > > thought that was very clever.
> > >
> > >
> > > Linda Derry
> > > Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> > > Alabama Historical Commission
> > > 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
> > > park: 334/ 875-2529
> > > [log in to unmask]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Rita Elliott <[log in to unmask]>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hey Linda,
> > > > Martha Zierden and the Charleston Museum/city delineated the 18th
> > century
> > > > redan by using bricks in what was otherwise a sea of asphalt. I am
> sure
> > > she
> > > > can provide the specifics if you are interested. Not exactly 15th
> > > century,
> > > > but it may give you ideas...
> > > > Best,
> > > > Rita
> > > >
> > > > Rita Elliott, M.A., RPA 11477
> > > > *Education Coordinator & Research Associate*
> > > > The LAMAR Institute, P.O. Box 2992, Savannah, GA 31402
> > > > www.thelamarinstitute.org [log in to unmask] 706.341.7797
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 1:10 PM, Linda Derry <[log in to unmask]>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Histarchers,
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone suggest some good examples of sites where the locations
> > of
> > > > very
> > > > > large buried archaeological features have been marked for public
> > > > > interpretation without digging up the features or harming them in
> any
> > > > way?
> > > > >
> > > > > For example, in Franklin TN, I saw that a portion of backfilled
> Civil
> > > War
> > > > > trenches were marked out using grey slag on the ground surface.
> The
> > > slag
> > > > > was contained by landscape edging. I noticed that grass was
> > beginning
> > > > to
> > > > > emerge through the rock so it might not be a permanent
> installation
> > > > unless
> > > > > there was a plan to regularly spray the rock with chemical weed
> > killer.
> > > > >
> > > > > I want to mark the location of a very large semi-circular moat
> > around a
> > > > > 15th century late Mississippian village. It was back filled in the
> > mid
> > > > > 19th century, but was used for a few decades as the centerpiece of
> an
> > > > early
> > > > > 19th town plan. I thought about planting a tall prairie style
> grass,
> > > > but I
> > > > > what I really need is something that is a visual clue but something
> > > that
> > > > > visitors can easily walk across to access the acreage inside the
> > > > > semicircle. I am hoping to accomplish this without much
> disturbance
> > > to
> > > > > the mid-19th century fill in side the moat. And of course, I do not
> > > have
> > > > an
> > > > > unlimited budget.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any ideas or examples? I know there is someone out there that can
> > help
> > > > me
> > > > > solve this puzzle.
> > > > >
> > > > > Linda Derry
> > > > > Site Director, Old Cahawba Archaeological Park
> > > > > Alabama Historical Commission
> > > > > 9518 Cahaba Road, Orrville, AL 36767
> > > > > park: 334/ 875-2529
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