There is an article by Andrew Stanzeski titled "Post-Mortuary Activities
at Cathedral Cemetery" in The Bulletin of the Archaeological Society of
Delaware #38 Fall 2001 in which he documents numerous artifacts
including glass wares and some ceramics from around burials c.1840-1925.
He interoperates them as post burial memorial deposits. 

Keith

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Subject: Foodways artifacts from churchyards?

Greetings,

I did some work in the past at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New
York, site of the 1848 Women's Rights Convention. We recovered a
significant amount of foodways-related artifacts (food remains, ceramic
plates, etc.). Interestingly, the dishes we found generally were older,
as
though people didn't bring their best dishes to church.

I am curious if others who have excavated churchyards have found similar
deposits, particularly in the mid-nineteenth century (though I'd be
interested in other examples as well).

Regards,
Megan.

Megan E. Springate, RPA
Doctoral Student
Department of Anthropology
1111 Woods Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
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