TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lacy,Robyn S.
TI  - Burial and Death in Colonial North America: Exploring Interment Practices and Landscapes in 17th-Century British Settlements
T2  - Emerald Points Series
SN  - 9781789730456
AV  - CC1-960 
U1  - 393/.10973 
PY  - 2020///
CY  - Bingley
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
KW  - Death-History-United States-17th century
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- BURIAL AND DEATH IN COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA -- BURIAL AND DEATH IN COLONIAL NORTH AMERICA: Exploring Interment Practices and Landscapes in 17th-Century British Settlements -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. Introduction -- Research Area and Background -- Literary Review -- Burial Landscapes -- Burial Grounds -- Grave Markers -- 'Britishness' in Colonial Settlements -- Research Methods and Questions -- Terminology -- Chapter Summaries -- Conclusion -- 2. Effects of the Protestant Reformation on British Burial Traditions and British North America in the Early Seventeenth Ce ... -- Pressures of Change - Burial Rites in Britain Preceding the Protestant Reformation -- Effects of the Protestant Reformation on British Burial Tradition -- British North America in the Early Seventeenth Century -- 3. Seventeenth-century Burial Practices and Landscapes on the East Coast -- Below the Surface -- Gravestones in the Seventeenth-century Atlantic World -- Seventeenth-century Gravestone Iconography -- Protective Marks in a Mortuary Context -- Conclusions -- 4. Statistical Analysis of Seventeenth-Century Burial Landscapes in British North America -- Settlement Organization in the Seventeenth Century -- Statistical Analysis of Burial Ground Organization -- Results of the Analysis -- 5. Case Study: The Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, Newfoundland -- The British and Irish in Seventeenth Century Newfoundland -- Evidence of Deaths at Ferryland -- The Search for the Seventeenth Century Burials at Ferryland -- Additional Case Study: Guilford, Connecticut -- Guilford, Connecticut -- 6. Discussion and Conclusions -- Discussion -- Further Questions and Directions -- Conclusions -- REFERENCES -- PRIMARY SOURCES -- SECONDARY SOURCES -- INDEX
N2  - This book explores the relationship and organization of 17th Century burial landscapes within their associated settlements and the wider setting of colonial northeast British North America to provide readers with a more holistic understanding of settlers' relationship with mortality
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