Innovation and Implementation

Richard Veit is a Professor of Anthropology and Associate Dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University.  His research interests include gravestones and burial grounds, early American material culture, vernacular architecture, and conflict archaeology.

“…the chapters provide a clear description of historic cemetery archaeological practices, giving individuals a better idea of potential archaeological projects and careers and the challenges faced by those in the field.” • Heather Garvin, Des Moines University“This is a timely, well-organized volume that focuses on new and updated approaches toward cemetery studies. The 14 chapters outline different but complimentary methodologies in cemetery studies and their application over a cross section of global locations.” • Nancy E. Tatarek, Ohio University

• List of illustrationsList of tablesAcknowledgementsIntroductionHarold Mytum and Richard VeitPart I: Exploring Surface, Subsurface and Documentary EvidenceChapter 1. Applying Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI) to Record and Interpret Mortuary MonumentsHarold MytumChapter 2. Reevaluating Empty Sections Within Historic Cemeteries: Discovering Victims of the 1918 Influenza PandemicMark NonestiedChapter 3. Is Anyone Out There? Survey and Research Techniques for CRM Projects when Burial Grounds/Cemeteries Border Construction ProjectsMickey Dobbin and Bob DeanChapter 4. Who Lies Where? A Land and Air-based Survey Methodology for Documenting Historic CemeteriesRichard W. Hunter, James S. Lee III, Alexis Alemy and Evan MydlowskiPart II: Field Recording of Monuments and Burial Ground ManagementChapter 5. Now You See It, Now You Don’t: Evaluating Earlier Cemetery Monument Records through Modern RecordingAnne G. Giesecke and Dan SteffenChapter 6. An International Mortuary Monument Recording System - From Site Analysis to International Comparative StudiesHarold MytumChapter 7. “As Old as Pompeii or Herculaneum”: Kolkata, India’s South Park Street Cemetery, An Example of Rapid RecordingRichard Veit    Chapter 8. Standing for Sacred Spaces: NC Division of Cultural Resources and the African American Burial Ground Network ActMelissa A TimoChapter 9. Mourning and Remembering Deceased Companion Species: Mortuary Monuments and Graves for Horses in FinlandTiina Äikäs, Janne Ikäheimo, Tuija Kirkinen, Karin Hemmann, and Päivi LaineChapter 10. Preserving the Rainbow Bridge: Recording Pet CemeteriesEric TourignyPart III: Archiving and DisseminationChapter 11. Discovering England's Burial Spaces (DEBS): Using Digital Tools in Graveyard Recording and ArchivingJulian D Richards, Toby Pillatt, Debbie Maxwell, Gareth Beale and Nicole SmithChapter 12. The Cemetery Surveyor Application: Non-paper data Collection Methods in Luxembourg Burial GroundsChristoph K. Streb, Cyrille Médard de Chardon, and Thomas KolnbergerChapter 13. Burial Grounds on the Web: Reviewing the Role of Digital Data beyond Genealogy, and how Historical Archaeology can play its partAnna Fairley NielssonChapter 14. Burial Ground Recording and Analysis: Where Next?Harold Mytum and Richard VeitIndex