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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... indicates that the type may have been in the Appalachian mountain area in the last quarter of the eighteenth century . Similar folk cemeteries in eastern Alabama , on the other hand , date from the 1830s to the 1840s , while in western ...
... indicates that the type may have been in the Appalachian mountain area in the last quarter of the eighteenth century . Similar folk cemeteries in eastern Alabama , on the other hand , date from the 1830s to the 1840s , while in western ...
Page 242
... indicate that “ Mc ” prefixed surnames ( excepting McDou- gal , which is on the first list ) , a strong indicator of ... indicates that a surprisingly high percentage of the region's people claim Scottish or Scots - Irish heritage ...
... indicate that “ Mc ” prefixed surnames ( excepting McDou- gal , which is on the first list ) , a strong indicator of ... indicates that a surprisingly high percentage of the region's people claim Scottish or Scots - Irish heritage ...
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... indicated previously , the church often postdated the cemetery with which it became associated . The morphology ( i.e. ... indicates that the phe- nomenon of high elevation has been a factor since the location of the first cemetery there ...
... indicated previously , the church often postdated the cemetery with which it became associated . The morphology ( i.e. ... indicates that the phe- nomenon of high elevation has been a factor since the location of the first cemetery there ...
Contents
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
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