Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America
Part of: Society for Historical Archaeology 2023
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America," at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.
Historic mortuary archaeology varies in greatly research focus and methodologies between different countries. This symposium comprises active researchers into the cultural aspects of mortuary culture (not human remains) above and below ground describing and analysing their approaches so that a comparative consideration can be gained in a field developing strongly on both sides of the Atlantic. Papers consider issues of past cultural practice and survival, variation in accessibility of historical mortuary materials, the ethics of memorial survey and excavation, and the application of a range of techniques on the same project. Including papers that consider above- or below-ground archaeology enables consideration of historic mortuary processes and the relative importance of different stages of this (from treatment of the dead, through interment to commemoration) to be materially represented.
Other Keywords
research ethics •
Burials •
Excavation •
Burial Ground •
Cultural Heritage •
Cemetery •
Halifax •
Grave Markers •
Landscape •
commemoration
Geographic Keywords
Northern Europe •
Eastern North America •
Finland •
Europe (Continent) •
Republic of Finland (Country) •
Britain •
Turku Ja Pori (State / Territory) •
Ahvenanmaa (State / Territory) •
Vaasa (State / Territory) •
Oulu (State / Territory)
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Church Burials at Risk? Research Ethics and Preservation of Cultural Heritage (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Hundreds of burials have been recorded below the Finnish church floors. Because of long winters and suitable conditions many of them are well-preserved including partially mummified human remains but also coffins, funerary fabrics, and plant remains related to coffin...
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Finnish Private Chapels: Research Ethics And Preservation Of Cultural Heritage (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. We will consider research ethics and issues related to preservation in the Finnish privately owned burial chapels. Whereas all conservation efforts and research needs to be done in accordance with laws, the intersection with preservation work and research ethics is not...
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From Paper to Stone: Liverpool Stonemasons’ Illustrations, their Memorials, and the National and Transatlantic Trade in Cemetery Monuments (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. During research into Liverpool’s nineteenth-century cemeteries, archives held by Liverpool City Council relating to Toxteth Park Cemetery (established in 1856) were catalogued, resulting in the discovery of historically significant documents. Alongside early plans of...
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From Reuse of Space to Claim for Permanence in British Burial Grounds: the Long-term Landscape Implications of Permanent Commemoration. (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Throughout the Middle Ages and into the early modern period, graves were rarely marked with a permanent stone monument and as descendants themselves died and memory of earlier generations and their burial locations were forgotten, plots could be reused. A combination of...
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Living with the Dead: Mortuary Patterning at Halifax’s Old Burying Ground during the American Revolution (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In addressing attitudes towards death, we recorded gravemarker design and style at the Halifax Old Burying Ground, Nova Scotia, Canada ([HOBG] in operation from CE 1750 to 1845). In additional to detailing general mortuary trends, we were particularly interested in...
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Remembrance abroad: 16th century graveslabs of German merchants in Shetland and Iceland (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In the context of Hanseatic trade, many ships and merchants from Bremen and Hamburg sailed to the North Atlantic islands in the 16th century to bring dried fish and other goods back to northern Germany. Some of these merchants met their deaths abroad. This paper...
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Trinity Burial Ground, Kingston upon Hull: Archaeological Investigations in Association with the A63 Castle Street Improvement Scheme (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Recently, several British post-medieval burial grounds have been archaeologically excavated prior to development. The most northerly, Trinity Burial Ground in the East-Yorkshire city of Kingston upon Hull, was utilised 1785-1860 as an off-site expansion to a small...
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Using Metallurgical Analysis Of Funerary Hardware To Inform On Production Techniques (2023)
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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Investigating Cultural Aspects of Historic Mortuary Archaeology: Perspectives from Europe and North America", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. The 2017 excavation of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia’s burial ground (1702-1859) recovered handles and funerary artifacts from just under 500 burials. Funerary hardware recovered matches at least seven types of coffin handle grip plate from the Tuesly and...