Shadow Sites (a found poem)

Shadow sites
are usually
the most visible features
on your landscape
where there are walls
or earthworks,
the raking light of the low sun,
early or late in the day,
accentuates the highlights,
and the whole shape
can spring
into life.

Slopes cast long shadows
and depressions are deep
in shade,
while variations
in height,
vigor,
and yield,
indicate
that a feature lies buried
beneath the surface.


found in:
p. 70 of "Archaeology: Theories, Methods, and Practice" by Paul Bahn