Class Topics

• Fieldwork CANCELED at Columbia Cemetery
• Discussion of Research Plans and readings
• How to draw a map to scale
• How to determine distance

Class Assignments

• Map of BUILDING Plot
• Research Question

Class Readings

• Deplored in Life, Forgotten in Death - New York Times, Feb 4. 2002

• Francaviglia, R. "The Cemetery as an Evolving Cultural Landscape", Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 1971. pp 501-509.
  
  
• Hannon, T. "Western Pennsylvania Cemeteries in Transition: A Model for Subregional Analysis", in Gravemarkers: Voices of American Culture, Utah State University Press: 1992, Chapter 10.
  
  
• Price, L. "Some Results and Implications of a Cemetery Study", The Professional Geographer, 1966, pp 201-207.

Note: The first reading can be obtained by clicking directly on the title. The other articles can be found on ERes. Click on "Class Readings" above, enter the password you were given the first day of class. Click on the title (in red above) of the reading you want, and it will be downloaded as a PDF file. Print this file.