Overview

Providing a comprehensive set of guidance to assist researchers wishing to carry out, curate and disseminate field research at a historic burial ground, chapters offer up to date methods for surface and subsurface survey and for the recording and archiving of burial monument data. Divided into three parts considering documentary research and recording of mortuary landscapes, reflections on memorial recording projects, and archiving and wider dissemination of data and interpretations. Also included is the archaeological potential of pet cemeteries and other pet memorials. Discussions therefore include how methodologies may or may not be applicable to both human and animal subjects.

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Author:   Richard Veit ,  Harold Mytum
Publisher:   Berghahn Books
Imprint:   Berghahn Books
ISBN:  

9781805390459

ISBN 10:   1805390457
Pages:   284
Publication Date:   14 July 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations List of tables Acknowledgements Introduction Harold Mytum and Richard Veit Part I: Exploring Surface, Subsurface and Documentary Evidence Chapter 1. Applying Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Record and Interpret Mortuary Monuments Harold Mytum Chapter 2. Reevaluating Empty Sections Within Historic Cemeteries: Discovering Victims of the 1918 Influenza Pandemic Mark Nonestied Chapter 3. Is Anyone Out There? Survey and Research Techniques for CRM Projects when Burial Grounds/Cemeteries Border Construction Projects Sean Duffin and Bob Dean Chapter 4. Who Lies Where? A Land and Air-based Survey Methodology for Documenting Historic Cemeteries Richard W. Hunter, James S. Lee III, Alexis Alemy and Evan Mydlowski Part II: Field Recording of Monuments and Burial Ground Management Chapter 5. Now You See It, Now You Don't: Evaluating Earlier Cemetery Monument Records through Modern Recording Anne G. Giesecke and Dan Steffen Chapter 6. An International Mortuary Monument Recording System - From Site Analysis to International Comparative Studies Harold Mytum Chapter 7. As Old as Pompeii or Herculaneum : Kolkata, India's South Park Street Cemetery, An Example of Rapid Recording Richard Veit Chapter 8. Standing for Sacred Spaces: NC Division of Cultural Resources and the African American Burial Ground Network Act Melissa A Timo Chapter 9. Mourning and Remembering Deceased Companion Species: Mortuary Monuments and Graves for Horses in Finland Tiina AEikas, Janne Ikaheimo, Tuija Kirkinen, Karin Hemmann, and Paivi Laine Chapter 10. Preserving the Rainbow Bridge: Recording Pet Cemeteries Eric Tourigny Part III: Archiving and Dissemination Chapter 11. Discovering England's Burial Spaces (DEBS): Using Digital Tools in Graveyard Recording and Archiving Julian D Richards, Toby Pillatt, Debbie Maxwell, Gareth Beale and Nicole Smith Chapter 12. The Cemetery Surveyor Application: Non-paper data Collection Methods in Luxembourg Burial Grounds Christoph K. Streb, Cyrille Medard de Chardon, and Thomas Kolnberger Chapter 13. Burial Grounds on the Web: Reviewing the Role of Digital Data beyond Genealogy, and how Historical Archaeology can play its part Anna Fairley Nielsson Chapter 14. Burial Ground Recording and Analysis: Where Next? Harold Mytum and Richard Veit Index

Reviews

...the chapters provide a clear description of historic cemetery archaeological practices, giving individuals a better idea of potential archaeological projects and careers and the challenges faced by those in the field. * Heather Garvin, Des Moines University This is a timely, well-organized volume that focuses on new and updated approaches toward cemetery studies. The 14 chapters outline different but complimentary methodologies in cemetery studies and their application over a cross section of global locations. * Nancy E. Tatarek, Ohio University

Author Information

Richard Veit is a Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University. His research interests include gravestones and burial grounds, early American material culture, vernacular architecture, and conflict archaeology.

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