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Date: | Fri, 30 May 1997 23:07:50 -0700 |
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Michael LaRonge wrote:
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> I have been following the line of thought on the location of
> unmarked graves and I have afew questions... I would appreciate any informati
on on burials I can get, but more specifically infant burials.
> Thanks Michael LaRonge
Last winter, during a cemetery removal, we excavated 31 infant to
juvenile graves. None were deeper than one meter below the current
ground surface. The shallowest were not all infants, however, as a group
the infants were on average less than 70 cm deep. One was only 26 cm
below the ground surface. I would echo the earlier thoughts of care when
looking for the graves of infants and young children. One cause of the
shallowness at this cemetery was the fragipan of glacial till located at
a varying depth across the site. Once a grave reached into this
concrete-like subsoil, the graves held water like cisterns. I can
imagine they would not dig the graves any deeper than necessary. Check
your soil type at the site, it can have a profound effect on the depth of
the grave shafts.
Jeannine Kreinbrink
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