Spooky Source Saturday: Puritans' burial practices with Robyn Lacy

Interested in incorporating some spooky history into your history teaching?  Historical archaeologist Robyn Lacy discusses burial practices of puritans such as Samuel Sewall of Boston, by using diaries to understand more about the role of death and dying in puritans' worldview. 

Check out the sources we talk about here: https://archive.org/details/diaryofsamuelsew01sewaiala  

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More about Robyn: 

Robyn Lacy is a PhD student at Memorial University of Newfoundland studying 17th century burial grounds on the northeast coast of North America. She has worked in heritage and archaeology for almost 10 years, and just published her first book on her research. She frequently writes at SpadeandtheGrave.com

Learn more about me at https://www.SamanthaCutrara.com/

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