So I think I'm an archaeologist of death now... No big deal.
A few weeks ago my research team and I went to St. Luke's cemetery (located on Shelbourne and Cedar Hill X Road) and collected data on monument designs and inscriptions. We meandered around the compact but cute (acceptable descriptive word for a cemetery?) cemetery, admiring the variety of monuments.
It was really weird and satisfying to actually get out in the field and take data but then when I wrote the monument analysis essay I really felt like a big time PhD archaeologist expert extraordinaire. I found it hard to cite outside sources because I was so sure of what I had discovered from my own data. I didn't need another person's opinion to back me up! Psshh! Who has time for other people's ideas? (I managed to fit them in, in case you're wondering...)
Also, another thing that made me feel like a real researcher... We made a map! Monuments are plotted and boundaries are comin' at you left, right, and centre. We did have a debate over the icon used to symbolize the church... I still think we should have used the volcano. One of my group members thought it would be misinterpreted and disrespectful. I guess I can see that... It looked cool though!!
Click the link below to view the map!
St. Luke's Anglican Church and Cemetery
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