Monuments, Commemoration, and Heritage: New Perspectives on the Archaeology of Cemeteries and Commemoration
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2018
This session focuses on the archaeology of cemeteries and commemorative sites, e.g. monuments, memorials, and places of remembrance. It brings together scholars working on issues relating to memory and commemoration in the United States and internationally. Studies, focus on iconography, economics, and remembrance. Particular attention is paid to changing perspectives on who and what should be remembered.
Other Keywords
Cemetery •
Ethnicity •
Civil War •
Cemeteries •
Monuments •
Spanish Colonies •
Funerary Practices •
Plantation Archaeology •
Memory •
Memorialization
Temporal Keywords
20th Century •
Late 19th Century •
Mid-19th Century •
18th-19th Centuries •
19th century, Civil War •
18th century, Contemporary Era •
1870s-2010 •
17th-19th c
Geographic Keywords
North America •
Coahuila (State / Territory) •
New Mexico (State / Territory) •
Oklahoma (State / Territory) •
Arizona (State / Territory) •
Texas (State / Territory) •
Sonora (State / Territory) •
United States of America (Country) •
Chihuahua (State / Territory) •
Nuevo Leon (State / Territory)
Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-8 of 8)
- Documents (8)
Confronting Confederate Narratives: Archaeology at the Judah P. Benjamin Confederate Memorial at Gamble Plantation Historic State Park (2018)
Memory and Engagement with Sacred Ground: the many publics of Mount Vernon's African-American Cemetery (2018)