Cemeteries Gravemarkers

Cemeteries house the dead, but gravemarkers are fashioned by the living, who record on them not only their pleasures, sorrows, and hopes for an afterlife, but also more than they realize of their history, ethnicity, and culture. Richard Meyer has gathered twelve original essays examining burial grou...

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Main Author: Meyer, Richard (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: University Press of Colorado 1989
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