Document Type
Article
Publication Date
January 2015
Abstract
An object, tentatively identified as a cast-iron casket lid, appeared to be eroding out of the ground in an east-central Illinois rural cemetery. Appropriate authorities were notified in the anticipation of re-interment, but subsequent research determined that the object was a cast-iron grave cover, a rare and scarcely recognized mortuary accoutrement. The revelation afforded the opportunity to systematically examine a mid-nineteenth centurydeath custom and artifact, and to ultimately reunite the grave cover and its associated grave with its dislocated gravestone.
Recommended Citation
Foster, Gary; Lovekamp, William; Di Naso, Steven; and Woods, Grant, "The Cast-Iron Grave Cover: A Case of Mistaken Identity and Identity Found" (2015). Faculty Research and Creative Activity. 47.
https://thekeep.eiu.edu/sociology_fac/47
https://works.bepress.com/william_lovekamp/13/
