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WHERE THE CHILDREN LIE: A DEMOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF TWO SANTA ROSA COUNTY CEMETERIES
- Date Issued:
- 2015
- Abstract/Description:
- Carnley is a small, rural, family cemetery near Chumuckla in Santa Rosa County, Florida (site #8SR844) that was in use from the late 1884 to the early 1936. At Carnley cemetery, fifty percent of the identified graves are juveniles between the ages of 0 and 5 years. A number of explanations are possible for this high percentage of child burials. In this paper, I test the hypothesis that children were buried more frequently in family cemeteries than in community cemeteries, possibly due to social concepts of childhood and child mortality, and that creating a burial ground for children was one of the primary roles of the family cemetery during this time period. In order to test this hypothesis, I compare the mortality structures of Carnley Cemetery to that of a contemporaneous community cemetery, and use Fisher's Exact Test to measure the statistical significance of the differences in ages 0 to 5 mortality rates between the cemeteries. I then create GIS maps of the two cemeteries to analyze the spatial structure of these cemeteries in order to detect patterns in burial location that would indicate age-based mortuary choices.
Title: | WHERE THE CHILDREN LIE: A DEMOGRAPHIC AND SPATIAL ANALYSIS OF TWO SANTA ROSA COUNTY CEMETERIES. |
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Name(s): |
Hawley, Allison Corinne, Author Killgrove, Kristina, Committee Chair Philen, Robert C., Committee Member Stringfield, Margo S., Committee Member University of West Florida, Degree Grantor |
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Type of Resource: | text | |
Date Issued: | 2015 | |
Publisher: | University of West Florida | |
Language(s): | English | |
Abstract/Description: | Carnley is a small, rural, family cemetery near Chumuckla in Santa Rosa County, Florida (site #8SR844) that was in use from the late 1884 to the early 1936. At Carnley cemetery, fifty percent of the identified graves are juveniles between the ages of 0 and 5 years. A number of explanations are possible for this high percentage of child burials. In this paper, I test the hypothesis that children were buried more frequently in family cemeteries than in community cemeteries, possibly due to social concepts of childhood and child mortality, and that creating a burial ground for children was one of the primary roles of the family cemetery during this time period. In order to test this hypothesis, I compare the mortality structures of Carnley Cemetery to that of a contemporaneous community cemetery, and use Fisher's Exact Test to measure the statistical significance of the differences in ages 0 to 5 mortality rates between the cemeteries. I then create GIS maps of the two cemeteries to analyze the spatial structure of these cemeteries in order to detect patterns in burial location that would indicate age-based mortuary choices. | |
Identifier: | WFE0000494 (IID), uwf:61073 (fedora) | |
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2015-06-01 M.A. Department of Anthropology Masters |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/WFE0000494 | |
Restrictions on Access: | public | |
Host Institution: | UWF |