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Colonial Era Funerary Art

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Watch the video below until the 4 minute marker.

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What is funerary art? (You will probably need to look this up on the internet.)

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10.

In which state is the video filmed?

Connecticut

New York

New Jersey

New Hampshire

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11.

What types of images are found on the grave markers?

Skulls and crossbones

Hour glasses

Flames

All of the above

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12.

Which of the motifs symbolizes eternity?

Peacocks

Flames

Hourglass

Death's Head

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13.

What does the hour glass symbolize?

eternity

time passes quickly

mortality

heaven

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14.

What do the markers (and how they change over time) tell us about society?

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Why did the early Puritans not put crosses on their churches or tombstones?

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What other sorts of art work or decorations are found on 17 century tombstones?

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17.

Look at the top of this tombstone. What image is this?

Winged Chreub

Peacock

Death's Head

Willow and Urn

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18.

What other bits of decoration do you see on that tombstone?

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19.

What do some historians think the winged cherub symbolizes?

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20.

What image is this?

Winged Chreub

Peacock

Death's Head

Willow and Urn

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What image is this?

Winged Chreub

Peacock

Death's Head

Willow and Urn

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What three images do you see above?

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1.

Where was the first lasting European community founded in present day USA?

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2.

Who founded it?

English

Spanish

French

Dutch

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3.

How are the burial sites of the Christian colonists distinguished from those of the Native Americans?

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4.

Where were the graveyards of New England colonists usually located?

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Why did some early Puritans set aside common secular grounds for burials?

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What types of images are found on these tombstones?

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7.

Why were churchyard burials problematic in the south?

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8.

Where did they bury their dead instead?