Cemeteries GravemarkersRichard Meyer Utah State University Press, 1992 - 347 pages Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grounds through the centuries and across the land to give a broad understanding of the history and cultural values of communities, regions, and American society at large. |
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Page 78
... examples of a type of handmade gravemarker which consists of a crosscut section of a log suspended over the head or center of the grave plot from a frame constructed of pipes ( fig . 3.9 ) . Perhaps most elaborate of all in this ...
... examples of a type of handmade gravemarker which consists of a crosscut section of a log suspended over the head or center of the grave plot from a frame constructed of pipes ( fig . 3.9 ) . Perhaps most elaborate of all in this ...
Page 83
... Examples , ” Pioneer America 10 : 1 ( June 1978 ) , pp . 106–11 ( repr . in Viewpoints on Folklife , pp . 133–44 ; “ Traditional Tools as Symbols : Some Examples from Indiana Tombstones , " Pioneer America 12 ( February 1980 ) , pp . 54 ...
... Examples , ” Pioneer America 10 : 1 ( June 1978 ) , pp . 106–11 ( repr . in Viewpoints on Folklife , pp . 133–44 ; “ Traditional Tools as Symbols : Some Examples from Indiana Tombstones , " Pioneer America 12 ( February 1980 ) , pp . 54 ...
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... examples of tombstones dating to a time period prior to the Civil War . From large to modest , examples of the rural cemetery type are found in every urban community of any consequence in the study area and all are beautifully ...
... examples of tombstones dating to a time period prior to the Civil War . From large to modest , examples of the rural cemetery type are found in every urban community of any consequence in the study area and all are beautifully ...
Contents
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
Copyright | |
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