Coffin Hardware (Other Keyword)
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Coffin Hardware from the Scott Cemetery: a comparison with the Freedman's Cemetery (2017)
Excavations at Scott Cemetery in Dallas led to the rediscovery of three adult and three sub-adult burials. While the preservation of coffin wood was poor, intact coffin hardware was recovered. Artifacts include coffin and casket handles, various nails and thumb screws, and glass viewing windows. Historic records of Scott Cemetery provide a unique opportunity for coffin hardware analysis. With burials ranging from the late 19th century through the 1930s, knowing the interment dates of...
Coffin Hardware in Colonial St. Augustine, Florida, SA 36-7 (1978)
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Death at the Edge of Empire and Beyond: The Divergent Histories of Coffin Furniture and Coffin Hardware (2013)
The coffin was the centerpiece of the Victorian-era funeral and the most expensive material purchase made by the family or friends of the deceased. As with all events played out in public, the coffin was subject to the dictates of fashion. Beginning with the origins of mass-produced coffin furniture in eighteenth century England, this paper explores two divergent histories of coffin decoration through the Victorian era. An analysis of materials recovered from Brisbane, Australia looks at...
Elko Switch Cemetery: An Archaeological Perspective (1989)
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Exploring the Rustic Life: Multidisciplinary Research at Millwood Plantation, a Large Piedmont Plantation in Abbeville County, South Carolina and Elbert County, Georgia, Volume I (1987)
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Guidelines for Creating a Typology for Mass-Produced Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Burial Container Hardware (2024)
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2024: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The analysis and historical study of burial container hardware and other mortuary artifacts is crucial in establishing a useful discourse between the multiple lines of evidence recorded and recovered in historical cemetery investigations. Exact identification of types and styles of burial container hardware is vital in defining the chronology of burial,...
Letter Report: Discovery of Unmarked Burials and National Register Evaluation of Burials, Baltimore / Washington International Airport, Anne Arundel County, Maryland (1996)
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Long Dead But Not Forgotten: The Hidden Details of Rural Family Cemeteries (2022)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Paper / Report Submission (General Sessions)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Rural family cemeteries are ubiquitous across the United States and, while they have been intensively studied, there is still a great deal to learn about these resources from an archaeological and burial practice perspective. Rural family cemeteries can also reflect the economic, social, ethnic and cultural heritage of a...
Preliminary Seriation of Coffin Hardware Forms in Nineteeth and Twentieth Century Georgia (1987)
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Remember Man Thou Art Dust: Coffin Hardware of the Early Twentieth Century (1984)
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Thumb Screws: Decorative Mortuary Hardware Recovered from the Milwaukee County Poor Farm Cemetery (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "In Small Things Remembered II: An Archaeology of Affective Objects and Other Narratives", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Coffin hardware recovered from historic cemetery excavations serve as temporal, economic, and social markers. The Milwaukee County Poor Farm cemetery burials were carried out by County officials as part of a county-mandated and county-funded program. While most coffins and coffin hardware...