>Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 05:10:12 -0700
>From: dogyears <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Arizona Historical Markers Project !
>
>Now for even better news! Combine the friction of the real world with a
>little virtual reality and you get our next big project
>
>The Arizona Historical Markers Project !
>
>Southwestern Archaeology (SWA) will team with the Arizona Archaeological
>Society (AAS) to record Arizona's historical markers and present their
>locations and historical texts via the World-Wide Web.
>
>SWA has gathered from several government agencies paper files containing
>historical marker data from across Arizona. Some of these data are current,
>and some are out of data due to the fact that historial markers have been
>destroyed, relocated, or revised.
>
>In the first phase of the project, the AAS will organize volunteers to word
>process the known archival data. SWA will construct a web site for Arizona
>historical markers. The web site will contain the archival data including
>historical texts derived from highway markers, locational maps, and photos.
>A Beta site will go up as soon as the electronic data are available and
>formatted. In addition to formatting web page data for the Internet and
>donating the server space to make the data available to the public, SWA
>will expend cash up to $500.00 to pay for the incidental costs associated
>with the organization and administration of the volunteer effort.
>
>During phase two of the project, the AAS will direct a state-wide effort to
>field check existing data and gather new data. During this grand road trip,
>AAS volunteers will depart from hometowns around Arizona to field check
>markers along our highways and in our urban areas. New data will be
>gathered as we discover recent additions and changes to our historical
>markers.
>
>Volunteers from other organizations, and the public-at-large, are welcomed
>to participate in the volunteer effort.
>
>Within the next two weeks, the AAS and SWA will set the project and time
>limits for the two phases. The volunteer project has a finite life, and we
>expect to complete it quickly so that everyone can enjoy the resource. Once
>the web site is built, we expect it will grow over time as public
>historians and archaeologists interact with SWA.
>
>Please pass along this information to local government leaders, civic
>groups, and interested regional historians.
>
>The Coordinator for the AAS-SWA Arizona Historical Markers Project, Ms.
>Vicki Erhart, can be reached at 2783 W. Ironwood Dr., Chandler AZ 85224; H
>(602) 821-9523, H Fax (602)963-1747; E-mail: [log in to unmask] .
>
>
Anita Cohen-Williams
Lab Director, San Diego Presidio Excavation Project
Listowner of HISTARCH, SUB-ARCH, SPANBORD
Contributing Editor, Anthropology page, http://www.suite101.com
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