Death and Commemoration: An Article Abstract

Tarlow suggests that an examination of graveyards, in combination with historic records, may be used for quantitative demographic studies of mortality rates, fertility and the like. She suggests that social data concerning the relative value of individuals within a family can be ascertained by careful investigations: single versus multiple monuments; who is buried in which plot; which family members are included in the family plot and which excluded. How are personal identities recorded? How are class, wealth, status, and power reflected?