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Author Lacy, Robyn S., author.

Title Burial and death in colonial North America : exploring interment practices and landscapes in 17th-century British settlements / Robyn S. Lacy.

Publication Info. Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2020.
©2020

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (vii, 166 pages) : illustrations, maps.
text file
Series Emerald points
Emerald points.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-159) and index.
Summary This book explores the relationship and organization of 17th Century burial landscapes within their associated settlements and the wider setting of colonial northeast British North America to provide readers with a more holistic understanding of settlers' relationship with mortality.
Contents Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Effects of the Protestant Reformation on British burial traditions & British North America in the early 17th century Chapter 3. 17th-Century Burial Practices & Landscapes on the East Coast; Chapter 4. Statistical Analysis of 17th-century burial landscapes in British North America; Chapter 5. Case Study: The Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, Newfoundland; Chapter 6. Discussion and Conclusions.
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Subject Burial -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
Burial.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Cemeteries -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
Death -- United States -- History -- 17th century.
Death.
Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography.
Cemeteries.
Social Science, Death & Dying.
Chronological Term 1600-1699
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Lacy, Robyn S. Burial and Death in Colonial North America : Exploring Interment Practices and Landscapes in 17th-Century British Settlements. Bingley : Emerald Publishing Limited, ©2020 9781789730463
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