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Kris,
Gerry Oetelaar and Anne Katzenberg at the University of Calgary recently
excavated a cemetary in southern Alberta which had been 'moved'. I believe
that the adult bodies were moved but the infant was not. You should try to
contact either one of them... You can find their addresses through the
university of calgary website (www.ucalgary.ca)in the department of
archaeology page, although I believe that Gerry's address is
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Hope this helps!
Kristi
On Wed, 13 Sep 2000, Kris Hirst wrote:
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> Hi Guys:
>
> I have another unmarked cemetery question; went through the
> archives and couldn't find the appropriate answer. I have this
> unmarked cemetery I'm going to go look at (not me personally, but
> let's say), and according to local legend, the bodies were
> disinterred in the 1920s. We want to do an archive search and strip
> off the plowzone, naturally. But.... I know that "disinterment" meant
> different things to different generations. From hanging around in
> archaeology, I've heard people comment about the different things
> "moving a cemetery" means, from simply moving the headstones
> to digging down and getting every last little shred. I even heard
> about somebody using a bucket auger (don't ask where, I'm way
> too old to remember such details). I have no idea, but an
> impression, that "moving a cemetery" methodology varies over time
> and place in the US and of course the rest of the world. Too bad
> nobody's done a "history of American attitudes towards human
> skeletal material" thesis (and if I'm wrong, somebody please! tell
> me)
>
> Obviously, digging into lots and lots of shafts to make sure there's
> no skeletal remains is possible, but not desirable. Has anybody
> ever looked at a "moved" cemetery? What does a "disinterred"
> graveshaft look like? Any suggestions would be warmly welcomed.
>
> kris
> K. Kris Hirst
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> Louis Berger Group
> 950 50th Street
> Marion, IA 52302-3853
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