Vestiges of Mortality and Remembrance - Bibliography on the Historical Archaeology of Cemeteries (Hardcover)

With increased demands for archaeological assistance to identify and preserve threatened historical cemeteries, this comprehensive reference work will prove useful. An introductory essay provides an overview of scholarly trends and prospects, demonstrates the interpretive potential of historical mortuary sites, and offers a means to integrate multidisciplinary inquiry within a broader view of the historical past. The bibliography, indexed by keywords, includes over 1,900 citations to scholarly research on cemetery sites dating from the 15th through the 20th century. Bibliographic references also include archeological survey and excavation reports; the physical and forensic anthropology of historical populations; the history of death, mourning, and burial; studies of the grave markers and cemetery landscape; and the law and ethics of sepulcher, curation, and repatriation of human remains and funerary objects. This book will benefit archeologists, physical, forensic, and cultural anthropologists, historians, material culture scholars, cultural resource managers, museums, state and federal agencies, law enforcement professionals and attorneys, funeral service professionals, and other groups involved in cemetery preservation and in the debate on the repatriation of curated human remains and funerary material. Child's coffin handle adapted from Illustrated Catalogue of American Hardware of the Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company: An Unabridged Reprint of the 1865 Edition, copyright 1980 by the Association for Preservation Technology. All rights reserved.