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Archaeologist Mary Evelyn Starr takes soil samples from post holes
for sign.
NRHP Considerations
For a consideration of Springhill Cemetery as a
possible National Register of Historic Places property, see this
attached pdf file:
Historic Memorial
Tombstone
Repairs
Monument conservation needs are varied. Some
monuments only need leveling or re-erection while others are heavily
damaged and need considerable work. Current best technology for historic
marble tombstone repair is being researched at the National Park Service
Center for Preservation Technology and Training at Natchitoches,
Louisiana. If funding for repairs is obtained, the skills can be passed
on to city employees or volunteers for use in future restorations.
For a list of monuments in need of repair, and the
needed work, see this attached pdf file:
Damage
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Archaeological
Remote Sensing
Hernando is in the loess bluffs, and the cemetery
is on gullied Memphis silt loam soil, a soil type developed in deep,
unconsolidated, yellowish-brown wind-blown silt. Loess presents a
special problem in that it is a deep, very homogeneous material, without
marked soil horizons. All remote sensing methods rely on a contrast
between matrix and feature, which may prove to be very subtle in these
soils. Loess soils generally have limited soil horizon development, but
there are enough clay-size particles that slightly indurated illuvial
horizons can sometimes be identified; breaks in these slight hardpans
may provide the required contrast. Also, deep loess is nearly neutral
(pH 7, with few soluble salts), which indicates that the
conductivity/resistivity methods might not be successful, as they
require cation exchange. However, if soils do prove to have low acidity,
bone preservation should be good, at least in adult graves, and these
skeletal materials provide the free ions necessary for success with
conductivity.
For a plan for remote sensing, see this attached
pdf file: Remote Sensing |
