IDENTIFICATION OF COFFIN WOOD FROM FIVE BURIALS AT A LATE NINETEENTH/EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CEMETERY (SITE 5PE527.6), COLORADO

Author(s): Kathryn Puseman

Year: 2002

Summary

Eight samples of coffin wood associated with five burials at 5PE527.6 were submitted for

identification. These samples were recovered from a late 19th-early 20th century cemetery on the

grounds of the former Colorado State Hospital in Pueblo, Colorado. Samples were identified to

determine types of wood used to make the coffins.

Cite this Record

IDENTIFICATION OF COFFIN WOOD FROM FIVE BURIALS AT A LATE NINETEENTH/EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY CEMETERY (SITE 5PE527.6), COLORADO. Kathryn Puseman. 2002 ( tDAR id: 378810) ; doi:10.6067/XCV85M654C

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Keywords

Material
Wood

Site Type
Funerary and Burial Structures or Features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
Burial • Cemetary • Pueblo, CO • Wood Identification

Geographic Keywords
Pueblo, Colorado

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