Annie:
You are right about me and Australia, but for comparative purposes I want to know about all seriation studies carried out of coffins and their hardware - from anywhere in the world.
I have had some very helpful replies, but it looks to me at this stage as if Pat Garrow (with his work on coffins from Georgia) is the only person to have done a study of coffins by seriation.
Richard
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>Subject: Re: seriation of coffins
>Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:38:24 +1000
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>Dane,
>I think this the Richard Wright who lives in Sydney. We
>didn't get British settlement until 1788, and I suspect
>Richard's coffins are mid 19th century. Richard, could you
>give us some more info?
>In response to another message - we can't get access to most
>theses etc in the USA here without going to a hell of a lot
>of trouble.
>Annie
>Anne Bickford
>Heritage Consultants
>135 Catherine St. Leichhardt NSW 2040 Australia
>Ph: 02/95699672 Fax: 02/95500261
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> >From: Dane Magoon <
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> >Subject: Re: seriation of coffins
> >Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 12:10 AM
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> >Hello Richard:
> >
> >Don't forget the 17th c. gable lid coffins of Martin's
> >Hundred fame. Flat versus "A"-shaped lids should be
> >potential variables, as should be the shape of the
> >overall box (straight-sided, etc.).
> >
> >Dane Magoon
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> >--- Richard Wright <
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> >
> >
> >
I would
> >welcome any information on reports dealing with the
> >seriation of coffins, making use of such attributes as
> >nail types, handle type and location, etc..
> >
> >
In a search of the literature I have found only
> >Peter Garrow's 1987 paper
> >on coffin hardware in Georgia.
> >
> >
Richard Wright