Table of Contents

1. Getting Started
2. Parts of the Gravestone
3. Questions to Ask
4. Resources

Try it Yourself!

1. Choose a Gravestone from the Archive. Here are some suggestions:

• Gravestone of Isaac Lopez (1762). Sephardic Jew.
• Gravestone of Cuffe Gibbs (1768). African American. Made by African American Carver Pompe Stevens
• Gravestone of Deacon Zacheus Popmunnet (1770). Wampanoag Indian
• Gravestone of Abigail Pocknet (d. 1846). Wampanoag Indian.
• Gravestone of Joseph Mayhew (d. 1782). Anglo-American.
• Gravestone of Mary (nee Look) Manter (1730). Anglo American Woman.
• Gravestone of Sibyll Wigglesworth (d. 1708). Anglo American Woman. Third wife of Minister Michael Wigglesworth

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What does it say?
2. Whose stone is this?
3. Where was it found?
4. What is the stone's shape?
5. What does the inscription tell me?
6. What does the iconography of the borders, lunette, and finials tell me?
7. Who was the carver?
8. What can nearby gravestones tell me?