by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 14, 2016 | Blog
Well, today (Thursday) was my first official day in the field for Anth 395, and my first visit to the cemetery. There’s something incredibly surreal about being able to connect a grave to the people and the stories that have appeared in my textbooks since middle...
by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 11, 2016 | Blog
Starting with a wee note from Erin: I’ve asked the students to write blog posts again. While some will post their own, I will also post a few of them on behalf of the students. This first post comes from Ally, who wrote about the first day of our course. Walking...
by Brittany Walker | Jul 3, 2015 | Blog
I often found myself to be the first to arrive at the Emanu-el cemetery during our field school sessions. There are no walls that separate this space from the busy city streets outside yet I found it strangely quiet within the cemetery. I knew no one buried there but...
by Melanie Heizer | Jun 25, 2015 | Blog
I find death to be a morbidly fascinating part of the human experience. It is something that we experience on a daily basis, whether it comes in the form of reading about it in a news article, walking past a cemetery or dealing with the loss of a loved one. I was 16...
by Steven Dawson | Jun 16, 2015 | Blog
Throughout the cemetery one can find a variety of monuments. Each displays a concise epitaph, often adorned with a traditional or personalized motif, aiming to provide a glimpse into the life of those buried before it. Some are clear, fresh, and legible; others,...
