Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)

Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2021

This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)," at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

Other Keywords
Education • Military • Paleopathology • Economy • Photogrammetry • Immigration • Urban Archaeology • Cemeteries • Cemetery • Structural Violence

Geographic Keywords
Florida • MID ATLANTIC • Southern US/Gulf Coast • Midwest United States

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  • Anatomization and Inequality at Charity Hospital Cemetery #2, New Orleans, LA (1847-1929). (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Alex J. Garcia-Putnam.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In death, bodies that were autopsied or used for medical dissection or experimentation, are seen as transformed from individuals into specimens, their identities and personhood removed. This destructive act was commonplace across the US during the 19th century for the sake of medical advancement.  Becoming a...

  • Cemeteries as Classrooms: Creating a Relevant and Sustainable Archaeology Education Program (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Rachel L (1,2) Hines.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Despite promoting K-12 education initiatives for decades, public archaeologists struggle to reach precollegiate audiences. To investigate replicable and accessible methods of archaeology education and to better understand teacher needs and motivations, I created and evaluated an educational program which engages...

  • Geographic and Landscape Perspectives on Historical Burial Grounds in Montgomery County, MD. (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Brian D Crane.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Historical and archaeological research in Montgomery County, MD is exploring the relationships between burial grounds and surrounding landscape features in order to better understand these sites and find graveyards whose locations have been lost. The topographic settings of family burial grounds and their...

  • Immigration and Economics in Newton and Huxley Cemeteries in southwestern Wisconsin (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Paisley.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Wisconsin cemeteries exhibit changes in the immigration and economic structures throughout the state’s history. Newton and Huxley Cemeteries located in southwestern Wisconsin are prime examples of how these changes are exhibited. Major nineteenth century migrant groups arriving to the area were from the eastern...

  • Reconstructing History Embedded in Tampa’s Urban Core: Photogrammetry of the 1800s Estuary Cemetery from Fort Brooke, FL (2021)
    DOCUMENT Citation Only Travis L Corwin. Eric Prendergast.

    This is an abstract from the session entitled "Studying Human Behavior within Cemeteries (General Sessions)" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Destruction is inherent in archaeology, but in the ever-changing urban landscape this destruction can erase a site’s place and memory within the landscape, often by compliance archaeologists making way for new development. In recent years archaeologists have utilized photogrammetry to document at risk sites and...