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Riley Auge, which I cannot wait to read!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200810_114744xx.jpg20200810_114744xxCovered in high vis in the field this summer! 2020-08-15T20:49:52+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/07/29/whats-in-my-field-bag/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200729_182730-1.jpg20200729_182730 (1)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200729_182656-1.jpg20200729_182656 (1)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200729_182711-1.jpg20200729_182711 (1)2020-07-29T23:27:27+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/07/04/book-review-changing-landscapes-in-urban-british-churchyards/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/51w-q920efl.jpg51w-q920EFL2020-07-06T15:06:42+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/06/19/an-introduction-of-archaeological-illustration-small-finds/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ill-daniel-salinas-cordova.jpegill daniel salinas cordovaIllustration by Daniel Salinas Córdova (used with permission)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ill-emily-rose-sherriff.jpegill emily rose sherriffIllustration by Emily Rose Sherriff (used with permission)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ill-inbar-m.jpegill inbar MIllustration by Inbar M (used with permission)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ill-finished.jpegill finishedSome of our participants holding up their finished drawings! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/ill-sera.jpegill SeraIllustration by Sara (used with permission)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/sherd-illustration-example-2020.jpgSherd Illustration example 2020https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/picture-5.pngPicture 5Step 4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/picture-4.pngPicture 4Step 3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/picture-6.pngPicture 6Step 5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/picture-7.pngPicture 7Step 62020-06-19T23:28:28+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/04/19/death-monumentation-through-built-heritage/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/annotation-2020-04-23-090108.jpgAnnotation 2020-04-23 090108https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/jr-peel.jpgjr-peelhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/marble-works-today.jpgMarble works todayhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1922-marble-works.jpg1922 marble works1922 FIP showing the Marble Works and officehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1915-marble-works-and-undertaker.jpg1915 marble works and undertaker1915 FIP showing the Marble Workshttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/1888-marble-works.jpg1888 marble works1888 FIP showing the Marble Works2021-01-23T15:45:26+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/04/05/curious-canadian-cemeteries-kilworth-baker-cemetery-delaware-township-middlesex-county-on/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200307_131032.jpg20200307_131032Gravestone of Emma [?] Elson, date not visiblehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200307_131158-1-e1587134607836.jpg20200307_131158 (1)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/20200307_131040.jpg20200307_131040Broken gravestone of Harriet M. 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Glover, 1872https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200313_172951.jpg20200313_172951Annie Mason, 1876https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/image011.jpgimage011https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-15-at-5.30.22-pm.pngScreenshot 2020-03-15 at 5.30.22 PM1861 Leslie map of Wellington County. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/screenshot-2020-03-15-at-5.35.16-pm.pngScreenshot 2020-03-15 at 5.35.16 PM1877 Walker & Miles maphttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20200313_172930.jpg20200313_1729302020-03-18T12:51:54+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2020/03/14/return-to-the-rock-phd-research-outline/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20170612_174139.jpg20170612_174139https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20170406_181319.jpg20170406_181319https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20180713_134914.jpg20180713_1349142020-09-09T02:02:49+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/11/08/ownership-of-the-grave-who-owns-the-dead/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/ei2ey2hx0aeiq8v.jpegEI2ey2hX0AEiQ8V2022-07-03T21:16:38+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/04/23/the-old-durham-cemetery-exploring-the-early-18th-century/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190421_104126.jpgxxx20190421_104126https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190421_104154.jpgxxx20190421_104154https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190421_103628.jpgxxx20190421_103628https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190421_102952.jpgxxx20190421_102952https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190420_193347.jpgxxx20190420_193347https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190420_192956.jpgxxx20190420_192956https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190420_192803.jpgxxx20190420_192803https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190420_192605.jpgxxx20190420_192605https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/xxx20190421_103722.jpgxxx20190421_1037222019-11-04T21:28:23+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/11/04/holiday-diaries-exploring-the-history-of-body-snatching-burial-mourning-in-edinburgh-scotland/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191009_101226.jpg20191009_101226https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191011_164625.jpg20191011_164625A collection of hairwork, including pieces for men on the right. National Museum of Scotland (photo by author 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191011_164941.jpg20191011_164941Protection charms, including a heart stabbed with loads of pins. National Museum of Scotland (photo by author 2019). https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/20191011_164222.jpg20191011_16422218th-century horse-drawn hearse on a 17th-century chassis, covered in mortality symbols! National Museum of Scotland (photo by author 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191011_164808.jpgxxx20191011_164808https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191013_124308.jpgxxx20191013_124308The New Calton Burial Ground Watchtower, 1820s. (photo by author 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191012_141124-e1572894412788.jpgxxx20191012_141124The watchtower at the Church of St. Cuthbert graveyard, Edinburgh. Built in the late 1820s (photo by author 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191011_164116.jpgxxx20191011_164116An iron coffin-shaped mortsafe to hold the dead, Airth 1831. On display at the National Museum of Scotland (photo by author 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191008_154141.jpgxxx20191008_154141The author with an iron mortsafe at Greyfriar Kirkyard, Edinburgh (photo by Ian Petty 2019)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/xxx20191008_113422.jpgxxx20191008_1134222019-11-04T21:59:56+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/10/22/on-the-eighth-day-an-explanation-for-octagonal-dead-houses/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/screenshot-2019-10-22-at-11.07.18-am.jpgScreenshot 2019-10-22 at 11.07.18 AMhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/5886003_05964f10_1024x1024-e1570025791500.jpg5886003_05964f10_1024x10242019-10-23T02:05:06+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/09/16/doors-open-london-londons-historic-burial-grounds/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_151816.jpg20190914_151816Brienna beginning the drilling for the pin repair.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_165706-e1568658967230.jpg20190914_165706https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_132945.jpg20190914_132945Thomas pointing out the carver name to a crowd!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_122707.jpg20190914_122707Hannah M. Caldwell finally has her day.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_122614-e1568646497680.jpg20190914_122614https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_121348.jpg20190914_121348https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_120118.jpg20190914_120118Me @ Doors Open, ready to answer all your pressing death questions!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_115913-e1568647876299.jpg20190914_115913https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190914_115909.jpg20190914_115909I love this winged hourglass, the only one at Brick Street.2019-09-16T19:48:05+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/09/11/significant-women-of-brick-street-cemetery-phoebe-mcnames-silvany-tunks-hannah-caldwell/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/imgp0702viii4hannahcaldwell-e1568214239719.jpgIMGP0702VIII4HannahCaldwell!Gravestone of Hannah Caldwell (Photo by David Hall 2015)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/screenshot-2019-08-29-at-3.40.28-pm.pngScreenshot 2019-08-29 at 3.40.28 PMDeath certificate of Hannah Caldwellhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/imgp0640iv18silvanytunks-e1568214110777.jpgIMGP0640IV18SilvanyTunkshttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/20190805_140649-e1568213939276.jpg20190805_1406492024-01-25T14:59:32+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/08/09/brick-street-cemetery-stories-quaker-stones-attempted-murder/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/advertiser-2-apr-1886-1-2.jpgAdvertiser 2 Apr 1886https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/advertiser-2-apr-1886-1-1.jpgAdvertiser 2 Apr 1886https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/advertiser-2-apr-1886-.jpgAdvertiser 2 Apr 1886https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190805_152101-e1565279223432.jpg20190805_152101H.D. 1838https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190805_152040-e1565279344120.jpg20190805_152040W. F. 18[..]https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/imgp0973xvi20cngriffith-e1565276378839.jpgIMGP0973XVI20CNGriffithhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190805_152904-e1565275874972.jpg20190805_152904https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190805_140013.jpg20190805_1400132019-09-11T14:22:58+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/08/29/catalogue-of-octagonal-dead-houses-of-ontario-8th-structures-identified/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2019-08-29-at-1.14.25-pm.pngScreenshot 2019-08-29 at 1.14.25 PMhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2019-08-28-at-11.50.35-am.pngScreenshot 2019-08-28 at 11.50.35 AMhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2019-08-28-at-11.50.12-am.pngScreenshot 2019-08-28 at 11.50.12 AMBack of the dead house (photo by Adam Montgomery 2019, used with permission)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2019-08-28-at-11.49.54-am.pngScreenshot 2019-08-28 at 11.49.54 AMFront of the dead house (photo by Adam Montgomery 2019, used with permission)2019-08-29T19:01:20+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/08/28/burial-against-all-odds/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/screenshot-2019-08-27-at-9.47.48-pm.pngScreenshot 2019-08-27 at 9.47.48 PMhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20180916_111725-copy-1-e1568214034773.jpg20180916_111725 copyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/20190708_154456-copy.jpg20190708_154456 copy2019-08-28T20:36:26+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/07/18/gravestone-conservation-2019-week-8ish/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/67307285_629159160927125_6540656170086957056_n-e1563485552829.jpg67307285_629159160927125_6540656170086957056_nhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190712_150147.jpgxxx20190712_150147In progress!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190712_105731.jpgxxx20190712_105731https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190711_152008.jpgxxx20190711_152008The pit!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190711_112216.jpgxxx20190711_112216Before! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190709_151923-e1563464393754.jpg20190709_151923https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxxx20190612_121602.jpgxxxx20190612_121602After resetting & one scrubhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190711_141421.jpgxxx20190711_141421https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190711_135457.jpgxxx20190711_135457https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190710_091708.jpgxxx20190710_091708Finished this area by setting the Gray stone in screening.2019-07-18T21:40:53+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/07/10/gravestone-conservation-week-7/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190703_145255.jpgxxx20190703_145255https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190706_162029.jpgxxx20190706_162029Reclining in the shade at the end of the tour.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190705_102514.jpgxxx20190705_102514The cemetery pins! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190703_143011.jpgxxx20190703_143011Me, with my favourite piece! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190703_134643.jpgxxx20190703_134643Alexander's stone, broken into 7 pieces. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190703_093134.jpgxxx20190703_093134https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190702_134540.jpgxxx20190702_134540https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190702_112410.jpgxxx20190702_112410https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xxx20190702_0944170.jpgxxx20190702_094417(0)2019-07-10T01:51:45+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/07/01/gravestone-conservation-2019-week-5-6/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/xx20190626_122114.jpgxx20190626_122114https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/20190626_145355-copy.jpg20190626_145355 copyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190625_092658.jpgxxx20190625_092658https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190627_094902.jpgxxx20190627_094902https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190627_092146.jpgxxx20190627_092146https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/20190624_153014.jpg20190624_153014https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190628_103320.jpgxxx20190628_103320https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190618_142645.jpgxxx20190618_142645https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190620_143404.jpgxxx20190620_143404https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190618_095001.jpgxxx20190618_095001John Murphy's gravestone, 18662019-07-01T01:03:55+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/06/18/gravestone-conservation-2019-week-4/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190614_122140.jpgxxx20190614_122140https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190614_112809.jpgxxx20190614_112809x2! They look great! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190614_090307.jpgxxx20190614_090307And difficult to get out of the ground with just the 2 of us. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190612_152627.jpgxxx20190612_152627It was a lot larger than we thought!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190612_150731.jpgxxx20190612_150731This is how we found it. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190611_151612.jpgxxx20190611_151612https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190611_134432.jpgxxx20190611_1344322019-06-18T00:55:16+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/06/09/gravestone-conservation-2019-week-3/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190604_111306.jpgxxx20190604_111306https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190607_152858.jpgxxx20190607_152858Put the stone back together! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190607_120029.jpgxxx20190607_120029Raised the foundation, applied the latexhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190606_153241.jpgxxx20190606_153241Step 1: take it apart and clean. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190606_152940.jpgxxx20190606_152940The monument, as we found it. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190606_110015.jpgxxx20190606_110015https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190604_152727.jpgxxx20190604_152727Reset beside the monument to the family (before we laid the sod). https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190604_145248.jpgxxx20190604_145248Eliza's stone cleaned up very well.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190604_143606.jpgxxx20190604_143606Uncovered & in one piecehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190604_142430.jpgxxx20190604_142430Cleared some of the grass away & we could see a stone!2019-06-10T12:53:18+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2019/06/02/gravestone-conservation-2019-week-2/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190529_143417.jpgxxx20190529_143417https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190531_114612.jpgxxx20190531_114612The bottom section stands again! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190531_114020.jpgxxx20190531_114020Drilling holes for pins in the base. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190531_104234.jpgxxx20190531_104234After some cleaning with D2 & raising the basehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190530_155049.jpgxxx20190530_155049The gravestone after fully exposing the base and stonehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190530_100250.jpgxxx20190530_100250After the dowel was set with a sealant, we secured it in place.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190530_092232.jpgxxx20190530_092232Drilling into the base of the gravestone.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx20190528_101451.jpgxxx20190528_101451The cross laying where we found it, beside its original base. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xxx26f7169b-a9e9-4012-bdfb-6e4dc635975c.jpgxxx26F7169B-A9E9-4012-BDFB-6E4DC635975CApplying lime mortar into the base. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/xx20190528_133440.jpgxx20190528_133440The finished (but still dirty) product! 2019-06-03T21:59:53+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/10/06/an-inconvenient-corpse-winter-dead-in-colonial-canada-death-salon-boston-2018/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180525_1540541.jpg20180525_154054https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180525_173312.jpg20180525_173312https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180525_173120.jpg20180525_173120King City dead house 1887 (photo by author)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/20180525_165049.jpg20180525_165049Richmond Hill dead house, 1863. 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Belvedere RC Cemetery 1856 https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/complex.jpgcomplexComplex gravestone, Belvedere Cemetery (photo by author 2016)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/simple.jpgsimpleSimple gravestone, Belvedere Cemetery (photo by author 2016)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/capture2-e1552435649372.jpgBelvedere RC Cemetery MapBelvedere RC Cemetery Map, Craig Peterman 2011. Blue indicates older portions of the cemetery. 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1https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/old_dead_house_hopedale_labrador.jpgOld_dead_house_Hopedale_Labrador2022-02-02T20:40:46+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/08/15/curious-canadian-cemeteries-the-toronto-necropolis/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/toronto-map1860.jpgtoronto map1860https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_123300x.jpg20180805_123300xhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_122855x.jpg20180805_122855xhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_122216x.jpg20180805_122216xKnowles Family Vaulthttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_122053x.jpg20180805_122053xLouisa Murchie, 1874https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_121220x.jpg20180805_121220xJane Julia Bishop, 1841, and her son Henryhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/20180805_120922x.jpg20180805_120922xThe grave marker for Jack 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Photo by author, 2016.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/capture.jpgCapturehttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160706_141920.jpg20160706_141920https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160706_082823.jpg20160706_082823https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_4594.jpgIMG_4594https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_4538.jpgIMG_45382018-07-17T19:21:37+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/07/16/curious-canadian-cemeteries-the-rockwood-cemetery-rockwood-ontario/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_133044-copy.jpg20180713_133044 copyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134805.jpg20180713_134805https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134914xxx.jpg20180713_134914xxxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134853xx.jpg20180713_134853xxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134209xxx.jpg20180713_134209xxxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134204xxx.jpg20180713_134204xxxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134201xxx.jpg20180713_134201xxxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_134156xxx.jpg20180713_134156xxxhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180713_114234xxx.jpg20180713_114234xxx2022-02-26T12:43:04+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/06/29/death-salon-boston-2018-an-inconvenient-corpse/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/deathsalon.jpgdeathsalonhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/33675286_10155843564242983_663814928200630272_o.jpg33675286_10155843564242983_663814928200630272_ohttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/deathsalonabstract.jpgDeathSalonAbstracthttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/deathpositive.pngDeathpositive2018-06-29T16:41:34+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/05/24/curious-canadian-cemeteries-union-cemetery-calgary-alberta/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/union-cemetery.jpgunion-cemeteryhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1934_glenbow_na-4099-2_mortuary-and-chapel-in-the-background.jpg1934_Glenbow_Na-4099-2_mortuary and chapel in the backgroundhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/1924map_calgary.jpg1924map_Calgaryhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/unioncemeteryfuneral1911.jpgUnionCemeteryFuneral19112018-05-24T23:07:27+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/04/21/curious-canadian-cemeteries-belvedere-roman-catholic-cemetery-st-johns-newfoundland/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160701_151812-2.jpg20160701_151812 (2)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160227_135256.jpg20160227_135256Gladney stone, 1837/66. R.A. Macki...https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160224_154618.jpg20160224_154618https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160224_152212.jpg20160224_152212Donnelly stone, 1835. J.Hayhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160224_150629.jpg20160224_150629Byrne stone, 1861. A. Smithhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20170526_101527-2.jpg20170526_101527 (2)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/belvederemap.jpgBelvederemaphttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/20160701_152737-2.jpg20160701_152737 (2)2024-04-03T21:22:27+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/02/21/the-frankenstein-chronicles-exploring-themes-of-mortality-in-the-c19th/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/frankenstien1.jpgfrankenstien12018-02-21T01:51:43+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2018/02/03/sailor-war-prisoner-settler-john-harris/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/11111.jpg11111https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/harrismill.jpgHarrismillhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/janeharris.jpgJaneHarrishttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1880smapharris.jpg1880smapHarrishttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1861map_harris.jpg1861map_Harrishttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/1928699_61968582982_6804165_n.jpg1928699_61968582982_6804165_n2023-05-23T12:54:34+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/10/18/new-perlican-blank-gravestones-mapping/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22657267_10155298966177983_2049077506_n.jpg22657267_10155298966177983_2049077506_nhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22656442_10155298965347983_671571652_n.jpg22656442_10155298965347983_671571652_nhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22642997_10155298965417983_1399088213_o.jpg22642997_10155298965417983_1399088213_ohttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/22627581_10155298965582983_2012522379_n.jpg22627581_10155298965582983_2012522379_n2017-10-21T12:21:52+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/10/01/community-mortuary-archaeology-folklore-new-perlican-newfoundland/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_11.jpgsept30_11https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_10.jpgsept30_10https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_9.jpgsept30_9https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_8.jpgsept30_8https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_7.jpgsept30_7This stone, carved from local stone, dates to the late 19th century. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_6.jpgsept30_6Local red slate maker reads: S W https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_5.jpgsept30_5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_4.jpgSept30_4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_3.jpgsept30_3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sept30_2.jpgSept30_2This local slate stone holds a delicate, cursive script from the late 19th century. 2024-05-11T20:28:01+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/09/20/these-are-grave-terms-terminology-in-historic-mortuary-archaeology-for-colonial-north-america/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/terms4.jpgterms4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/terms3.jpgterms3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/terms2.jpgterms2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/terms1.jpgterms12019-01-08T16:54:15+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/09/07/inscribed-letters-protective-marks-the-case-of-the-w/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w10.jpgW10https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w9.jpgW9George Calvert, 1629https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w8.jpgW81629, regarding Ferrylandhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w7.jpgW7Sir. David Kirke, 1629https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w6.jpgW6https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fig6_easting.jpgFig6_Eastinghttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/fig3_easton.jpgFig3_Eastonhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w5.jpgW5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/crowland-1.jpgCrowland-1https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/w4.jpgW42024-11-17T02:29:46+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/09/04/podcast-alert-go-dig-a-hole/2017-09-04T18:56:47+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/08/31/robyns-guide-to-masters-thesis-writing-or-how-i-scheduled-everything/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/abstract1.jpgabstract1https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/outline3.jpgoutline3Outline draft page 3. These were all written prior to digitizing and reformatting! https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/outline2.jpgoutline2Outline draft pages 2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/outline1.jpgoutline1Thesis outline page 1, featuring my scribbles to myself!https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/20170731_095059.jpg20170731_0950592017-08-31T18:37:33+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/07/30/tales-from-the-trenches-ferryland-week-4-2017-the-final-push/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_10.jpgblog4_10https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_9.jpgblog4_9https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_8.jpgblog4_8https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_7.jpgblog4_7https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_6.jpgblog4_6https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_5.jpgblog4_5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_4.jpgblog4_4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_3.jpgblog4_3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_2.jpgblog4_2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog4_1.jpgblog4_12017-08-31T01:27:40+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/07/23/tales-from-the-trenches-ferryland-week-3-2017/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_9.jpgblog3_9https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_8.jpgblog3_8https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_7.jpgblog3_7https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_6.jpgblog3_6Bead found by Becca in the Kirke House, Trench 2. Photo by author, 2017. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_5.jpgblog3_5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_4.jpgblog3_4Identical beads on display in the Colony of Avalon Visitor's Centre. Photo by author, 2017https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_3.jpgblog3_3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_2.jpgblog3_2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog3_1.jpgblog3_12017-07-24T08:07:08+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/07/17/tales-from-the-trenches-fieldwork-week-2-2017-or-why-does-this-keep-happening/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170712_152431.jpg20170712_152431https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_9.jpgblog2_9https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_8.jpgblog2_8https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_7.jpgblog2_7https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_6.jpgblog2_6https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_5.jpgblog2_5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_4.jpgblog2_4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_3.jpgblog2_3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_2.jpgblog2_2Some of the units contained boar's tusks! Boars were eaten by the inhabitants of the colony. These tusks were found by volunteer Adrienne. Photo by author, 2017https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/blog2_1.jpgblog2_1Author removing charred faunal remains from between 17th-century rubble. Photo by Rebecca Jones, 20172017-07-17T00:30:23+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/07/09/tales-from-the-trenches-fieldwork-week-1-2017/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170707_155127.jpg20170707_155127https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170706_135556.jpg20170706_135556https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170707_091423.jpg20170707_091423https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170705_112220.jpg20170705_112220https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170705_111902.jpg20170705_111902https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170704_111042.jpg20170704_111042https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170704_094258.jpg20170704_0942582023-08-22T05:36:44+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/07/03/search-for-the-17th-century-ferryland-burial-ground-2017-introduction/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20170413_132251.jpg20170413_132251https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/20160712_123155.jpg20160712_123155https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rl_ferryland_map_blog.jpgRL_Ferryland_Map_BLOGhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/rl_ferryland_map_overview.jpgRL_Ferryland_Map_Overview2017-07-03T16:35:13+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/28/one-common-skull-a-case-study-at-old-burying-point-salem-ma/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_top.jpgJune28_tophttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_9.jpgJune28_9Joseph Bowditch stone, 1780. Note the slightly different wing style. Photo by author, 2017. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_8.jpgJune28_8George Ropes stone, 1755. Photo by author, 2017. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_7.jpgJune28_7George Hodges stone, date unknown. Photo by author, 2017. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_6.jpgJune28_6Mr. Benjamin Herbeart stone, 1761. Photo by author, 2017https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_5.jpgJune28_5Mrs. Maverick Pratt stone, 1763. Photo by author, 2017.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_4.jpgJune28_4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/jun28_3.jpgJun28_3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_2.jpgJune28_2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/june28_1.jpgJune28_12024-01-25T15:00:07+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/17/death-cafe-my-first-experience/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/19339998_10154889249542983_1985727079_o.jpg19339998_10154889249542983_1985727079_o2017-06-17T02:00:22+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/10/guilfords-town-greene-a-vanished-17th-century-burial-landscape-in-connecticut/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/guilford5.jpgguilford5https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/guilford4.jpgguilford4https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/guilford3.jpgguilford3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/guilford2.jpgguilford2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/guildford1.jpgguildford12025-07-08T14:45:06+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/08/living-history-radio-interview-headstones-hexfoils-and-historical-archaeology/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/interview.jpgInterviewhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/img_-pfiaa7.jpgIMG_-pfiaa72017-06-08T11:15:16+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/06/temporary-graves-burial-in-luxembourg-the-transmortality-conference-2017/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170302_130830.jpg20170302_130830https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170306_195926.jpg20170306_195926https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170305_175032.jpg20170305_175032https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170305_173918.jpg20170305_173918https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/capture3.jpgCapture3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/capture2.jpgCapture2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/20170302_130827.jpg20170302_1308272017-06-06T16:53:02+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/06/03/weekend-death-reads-1/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/book3.jpgBook3https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/book2.jpgBook2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/book1.jpgBook1https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/books.jpgbooks2017-06-04T00:02:27+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/05/30/death-commemoration-at-ferryland-what-we-know-so-far/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160804_161003.jpg20160804_161003https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20151126_131719.jpg20151126_131719https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160102_134749.jpg20160102_134749https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/ferrylandgravestones_fittogether.jpgFerrylandGravestones_fitTogetherhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20151126_131057.jpg20151126_131057https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160804_155952.jpg20160804_155952https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/img_4664.jpgIMG_46642017-06-08T20:19:49+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/05/26/outsourcing-monuments-gravestone-carving-vs-importation-in-newfoundland/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/post4header.jpgpost4headerhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170502_1609331.jpg20170502_160933https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/a25adbd7461372854007357b439f7877.jpga25adbd7461372854007357b439f7877King's Chapel gravestone with similar design, added crossed bones at top. Photo from Pinterest.https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/34543180485_ab96a36cfb_o.jpg34543180485_ab96a36cfb_oBoston gravestone (site unknown, likely Copp's Hill) with similar design. Photo from fiveminutehistory.comhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/similar-gravestone1.jpgsimilar gravestone1Left-hand gravestone shows similar design to NL examples. Photo from Atlas Obscurahttps://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160505_144621.jpg20160505_144621https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/stone2.jpgstone2Sarah Carter, 177[2/9?]. This stone was removed from the Old Nondenominational Burial Ground, Ferryland, and placed in the Ferryland Museum. Photo by author, 2016https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/stone1.jpgstone1Mary Stow, 17[??]. This stone was recovered from an excavation at the Anglican Cathedral in St. John's. Photo by author, 2016. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20170502_160933.jpg20170502_160933https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/20160911_144257.jpg20160911_1442572022-11-30T14:35:47+00:00monthlyhttps://spadeandthegrave.com/2017/05/23/medieval-graffiti-in-a-historic-new-england-context/https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/newlondon2.jpgNewLondon2https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/newlondon1.jpgNewLondon11699 gravestone with pinwheel design on the finial. Design in the Hartshorne tradition, New London, CT. Photo by author, 2015https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hartford1.jpgHartford1Footstone depicting two hexfoils, Hartford, CT. Photo by author, 2015. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/coppshill1.jpgCoppsHill11680 stone from Copp's Hill, Boston, with pinwheel as the only decoration. Photo by author, 2016. https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/pinwheel1.jpgpinwheel11793 gravestone, likely carved by Ezra Stebbins. Somers, CT. (Image by Daniel and Jessie Lie Farber, in Slater 1987: 259)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hexfoil1.jpghexfoil1Gravestone with approx 20 hexfoils, dated 1742. Carved by Obadiah Wheeler. (Image from Slater 1987: 214)https://spadeandthegrave.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/hexfoil2.jpghexfoil2Gravestone dated 1745, Norwichtown, CT. 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