1/30/2024 0 Comments Civil war hospital bucketsThey placed slabs on each side, and at the head and foot of the grave, carefully cutting and joining them. “Mississippian Indians in Middle Tennessee usually lined their burials with large limestone slabs. Kelley’s Point Stone Box Grave Components circa 1998 And best of all, its bullet proof from vandals.Ĭheck out this model in 3D and virtual reality on Sketchfab:īrookmeade Park Greenway at Kelley’s Point by belmontguy Scan a QR Code and Bingo! Augmented Reality 3D imagery appears right before your peepers. 2 All the user needs is a smart phone, tablet or special glasses. In this case, the imagery is readily at hand. Augmented Reality is in insanely inexpensive compared to brick and mortar construction. Vandalism would be expected from the get-go.Įnter A/R. Practically speaking, a Living History Village would be expensive to build, and even more challenging to maintain and protect, especially at this location. All the more reason to tell the story and pay homage to them here: in a wooded area, on the edge of the capitol city of the state of Tennessee (Cherokee for Tanasi). The Woodlands and Mississippian graves revealed an amazing amount of information about the tribes health, diet and mortality.įirst of all, I don’t think the general public cares (or is even aware of) the indigenous people we all but wiped off the face of this country. 1 Artifacts were dated back to the Paleo-Indian period after the last ice-age. I was going round and round about the best use of the long abandoned playing field at Brookmeade Park in West Nashville: open space, dog park, soccer field? Native American Living History Village!? After all, it was the site of one of the largest archeological digs in Middle Tennessee. My moments of stupidity are well documented, but my strokes of genius may have been under reported…
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