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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... suggests that our Southern frontier settlers may have been accustomed to the prac- tice of scraping cemeteries when they ... suggest that the idea was indigenous to Africa and that a direct cultural transfer took place when Europeans and ...
... suggests that our Southern frontier settlers may have been accustomed to the prac- tice of scraping cemeteries when they ... suggest that the idea was indigenous to Africa and that a direct cultural transfer took place when Europeans and ...
Page 179
... suggest that young Stevens carved the stiff and even awkward image of Phillis Lyndon Stevens before the Mercy Buliod stone . Yet , even though families were known to commission grave- stones long after a relative had died , this ...
... suggest that young Stevens carved the stiff and even awkward image of Phillis Lyndon Stevens before the Mercy Buliod stone . Yet , even though families were known to commission grave- stones long after a relative had died , this ...
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... suggests that grave decorating within San Fernando is a vital , continually evolving activity , stylistically ... suggest that most of the families using this cemetery are either working or middle class . On decoration days , pick ...
... suggests that grave decorating within San Fernando is a vital , continually evolving activity , stylistically ... suggest that most of the families using this cemetery are either working or middle class . On decoration days , pick ...
Contents
Victorian Childrens | 11 |
Stone Images of | 31 |
Images of Logging on Contemporary Pacific Northwest | 61 |
Copyright | |
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