IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM TWO COFFINS FROM THE EARLY FORT BOISE MILITARY CEMETERY, IDAHO

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 1997

Summary

Two samples of wood from coffins were sent for identification. These coffins appear to

be from the early Fort Boise military cemetery in Boise, Idaho, used between 1865 and 1890.

These coffins represent both a simple rectangular box and the more "traditional" tapered form.

Cite this Record

IDENTIFICATION OF WOOD FROM TWO COFFINS FROM THE EARLY FORT BOISE MILITARY CEMETERY, IDAHO. Kathryn Puseman. 1997 ( tDAR id: 378231) ; doi:10.6067/XCV80864NM

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Keywords

Culture
Historic

Material
Wood

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Boise, coffin, wood

Geographic Keywords
Boise, Idaho

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