Charles gave me permission to forward this here. It is kicking up a lot of
postings on ARCH-L.
 
Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library
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Subject:      Re: historic cemeteries
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Recently, the Kentucky SHPO exerted some pressure on several federal agencies
 to consider treating historic cemeteries as archeological sites and to
evaluate these cemeteries according to the National Register criteria,
particularly criterion  d.   I am currently attempting to complete a review
of the pertinent literature.
 
A common response from federal agency officials, usually non-archeologists,
is to ask  what kinds of  potentially important information about cemeteries
is there that is not available in the written record.   While a whole host of
demographic and bioarcheological questions come to mind immediately, what
other avenues of inquiry have been or should be explored? I was hoping that
members of the group might be able to provide me with bibliographic
references for cemetery projects completed around the country or even in
different corners of the globe.
 
What specific kinds of information can be obtained and would be expected via
archeological excavation of historic graves?
 
Why is this information important?
 
Thank you in advance for your responses.
 
Chuck Niquette
143 Walton Avenue
Lexington, Kentucky 40508
606/252-4737 phone
606/254-3747 fax
 
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