Cemeteries GravemarkersCemeteries 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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These shelters have been observed across the South in white cemeteries , but also among Indian groups . No graveshelters have been observed in black graveyards . Gravehouses usually cover a single grave , perhaps two .
These shelters have been observed across the South in white cemeteries , but also among Indian groups . No graveshelters have been observed in black graveyards . Gravehouses usually cover a single grave , perhaps two .
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What one can observe , however , is that even where water is relatively abundant ... Mounding of graves is not especially prominent except for recent burials , but can be occasionally observed on older graves .
What one can observe , however , is that even where water is relatively abundant ... Mounding of graves is not especially prominent except for recent burials , but can be occasionally observed on older graves .
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Thus , the placement of an opened or unopened can of beer ( usually next to more conventional decorations ) was observed on several men's gravesites . Although food is rarely placed on graves in this cemetery , on Valentine's Day one ...
Thus , the placement of an opened or unopened can of beer ( usually next to more conventional decorations ) was observed on several men's gravesites . Although food is rarely placed on graves in this cemetery , on Valentine's Day one ...
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Pealkiri | Cemeteries Gravemarkers |
| Editor | Richard Meyer |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Utah State University Press, 1992 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 24 mär. 2005 |
| ISBN | 0874211603, 9780874211603 |
| Length | 347 pages |
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