The photographs include all legible text, including poems, inscriptions, and month and day where indicated. Some family markers are dated on a separate footstone or other marker, so they may only include a last name without dates or full names. Hit your back button to return from any picture to the data table. Width is the measurement in inches at the midpoint of the marker. Odd-shaped markers were measured as consistently as possible at the middle of the marker or in a point that appeared to represent average width.
Color is the literal color of the stone.
Granite, in contrast, holds up very well in even the most difficult weather conditions, and it holds it original color and does not break down much. Besides light, the other colors included are red, grey, black, and multi-colored. Shape is the single most important attribute for your seriation analysis. The table indicates consistent descriptive categories for shape that refer to stones that have similar motifs and aesthetics as well as literal physical shape. To some extent, every marker is symbolic in the sense that it represents something through display of a motif whose implied meaning is understood by society or a well-defined faction in society.