What can we infer about family plots scatterings in a 19th Century Southern Georgia church grave site.
Author(s): Chuanyu Fu; L. Meghan Dennis
Year: 2015
Summary
Through human history, the deceased have been buried, their bodies or representations placed in a space, most near their familial ties. Graves are not only places of rest but places to revisit the past and sanctuaries of still powerful affections. Why, in a 19th century Northern Georgia church gravesite do family plots of the same name scatter throughout different locations on the site, even within the same time periods? Why were the boundaries of the family plots physically set yet the relations of the same family cover different plots?
This paper will explore the history and characteristics of Carmel Church and its progression into a modern day collection of generations of families and their stories. The graves, their spaces, and their neighboring graves hold many tales that seem "strange" without context.
The graves brings a connection to the present from the past, yet also tell stories of their own origins.
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What can we infer about family plots scatterings in a 19th Century Southern Georgia church grave site.. Chuanyu Fu, L. Meghan Dennis. Presented at Society for Historical Archaeology, Seattle, Washington. 2015 ( tDAR id: 434081)
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Keywords
General
Cemetery
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Family
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spatial connections
Geographic Keywords
North America
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United States of America
Temporal Keywords
19th Century
Spatial Coverage
min long: -129.199; min lat: 24.495 ; max long: -66.973; max lat: 49.359 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): Society for Historical Archaeology
Record Identifiers
PaperId(s): 521