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Date: | Fri, 8 May 1998 08:41:41 +0000 |
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Dear Listers:
I am wondering if those of you who are experienced in working with
no-longer-marked historical graves could answer a question for me
about the depth at which graves might be found. Specifically, I am
wondering how deep the graves would be in a cemetery that dates from
about the 1870s to the 1920s. The cemetery is located on a
Pleistocene-age glacial terrace. The soil/sediment column consists
of about 4.5 to 5.5 feet of lenses of sandy silt, silty sand, and
some fine sand, underlain by moderate-to-dense coarse gravel and
some cobbles. Is it likely that grave diggers would have penetrated
the gravel/cobble layer to dig graves to a standard depth below the
surface, or just dug down to to the top of the gravel?
Thanks very much for your help!
- Linda
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Linda C. Naoi Goetz
Research Archaeologist
Historical Research Associates, Inc.
119 Pine Street, Suite 207
Seattle, WA 98101
206.343.0226
206.343.0249 (fax)
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http://www.hrassoc.com
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