A graveyard preservation primer / Lynette Strangstad.
An updated edition of a resource for those who seek to protect and preserve historic graveyards. Discussion of technological changes include those in mapping, surveying, photography, archaeology, and other areas of evaluation and planning. Consideration is given, too, to maintenance and conservation treatments, including both traditional and newer treatments for stone, concrete, and metals. Metals were not discussed in the earlier editions, and protection and preservation of the landscape as it relates to graveyards is an expanded focus of this book.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780759122413
- ISBN: 0759122415
- ISBN: 0759122423
- ISBN: 9780759122420
- Physical Description: xvi, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Edition: Second edition
- Publisher: Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, [2013]
- Copyright: ©2013
Content descriptions
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Chapter 1 Assessing the Problem 1 -- Importance of Early Graveyards -- A Few Definitions -- Chapter 2 Organizational Concerns 15 -- Developing a Plan -- Working with Volunteers -- Public Awareness -- Security -- Graveyards as an Educational Tool -- A Word about Funding -- Chapter 3 Documentation and Research 33 -- Documenting the Graveyard -- Research -- Surveys -- Site Management Plan -- Mapping the Graveyard -- Archaeology -- Chapter 4 Conservation Issues 61 -- Safety Note -- Cleaning and Maintaining the Site -- Landscaping -- Finding a Gravemarker Conservation Professional -- Stone in Graveyards -- Brick and Stone Box Tombs and Vaults -- Metals -- Chapter 5 A Question of Ethics 139 -- Observing Respect -- Maintaining Historic Integrity -- Gravestone Rubbing -- Removal of Gravestones.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 736.5 STR (Text) | 36015000610028 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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