num_pages: 269
description: This volume sets new standards of reporting for historic cemeteries. The authors present detailed descriptions of burials, mortuary hardware, and personal items from two late nineteenth century cemeteries — Becky Wright and Eddy — excavated in 2001 prior to inundation caused by expansion of Lake Fort Smith in Crawford County, Arkansas. Variability within and between the two cemeteries is explored from a socioeconomic perspective. The cost of each individual burial is calculated, revealing a number of striking contrasts between the two cemeteries. Results of geophysical surveys and bioarcheological analysis are integrated. Two Historic Cemeteries should prove of value to historical archeologists and all those concerned with historic cemetery preservation.
language: English
title: Two Historic Cemeteries in Crawford County, Arkansas
titlecomplete: Two Historic Cemeteries in Crawford County, Arkansas
series: Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series
publisher: Arkansas Archeological Survey