INTRODUCTION
A cemetery or graveyard is a place where the remains of the dead people are buried or otherwise
interred. The word cemetery (from Greek word “sleeping place“) implies that the land is
specifically designated as a interchangeably with cemetery, but a graveyard primarily refers to a
burial ground within a churchyard.
The intact or cremated remains of people may be interred in a grave, commonly referred to as
burial, or in a tomb, an ‘’above-ground grave ‘’ (resembling a sarcophagus), a mausoleum,
columbarium, niche, or other edifice. In western cultures, funeral ceremonies are often observed
in cemeteries. These ceremonies are rites of passage differ, according to cultural practices and
religious beliefs. Modern cemeteries often include crematoria, and some grounds previously used
both, continue as crematoria as a principal use long after the interment areas have been filled.
Most others were buried in graveyards again divided by social status. Mourners who
could afford the work of a stonemason had a headstone engraved with a name, dates of birth and
death and sometimes other biographical data, and set up over the place of burial. Usually, the
more writing and symbols carved on the headstone, the more expensive it was. As with most
other human property such as houses and means of transport, richer families used to compete for
the artistic value of their family headstone in comparison to others around it, sometimes adding a
statue (such as a weeping angel ) on the top of the grave.
A public cemetery is one used by the general community, a neighborhood, or a church.
While a private cemetery is one used only by a family or a small portion of the community?
However, public use rather than ownership determines whether a cemetery is public. In Garland
v. Clark, 264 Ala. 402, 405-406 (Ala. 1956), court held that for a place to be called a public
cemetery, "The intention of the owner of the land to dedicate it for a public cemetery, together
with the acceptance and use of the same by the public, or the consent and acquiescence of the
owner in the long-continued use of his lands for such purpose, are sufficient."
Modernity, Starting in the early 19th century, the burial of the dead in graveyards began
to be discontinued, due to rapid population growth in the early stages of the Industrial
Revolution, continued outbreaks of infectious disease near graveyards and the increasingly
limited space in graveyards for new interment. In many European states, burial in graveyards
was eventually outlawed altogether through government legislation.
Urban, the urban cemetery is a burial ground located in the interior of a village, town, or
city. Early urban cemeteries were churchyards, which filled quickly and exhibited a haphazard
placement of burial markers as sextons tried to squeeze new burials into the remaining space. As
new burying grounds were established in urban areas to compensate, burial plots were often laid
out in a grid to replace the chaotic appearance of the churchyard.[11] Urban cemeteries developed
over time into a more landscaped form as part of civic development of beliefs and institutions
that sought to portray the city as civilized and harmonious.
Monumental, A monumental cemetery is the traditional style of cemetery where
headstones or other monuments made of marble, granite or similar materials rise vertically above
the ground (typically around 50 cm but some can be over 2 meters high). Often the entire grave
is covered by a slab, commonly concrete, but it can be more expensive materials such as marble
or granite, and/or has its boundaries delimited by a fence which may be made of concrete, cast
iron or timber.
Recorders name: Zephra Emily B. Nazarea Date: January 18, 2018
Name and Location of Cemetery;
NAME OF DECEASED (if any) ___________________________
Photo no. (Matched to photo number in power point)_________ Sex ____________
Map/Location___________________________ Age:____ Born ____________ Died _______________
Foot Stone Description __________________________________________________________
Plot Marker (Single/Multiple)
Desription_____________________________________________________________________
GRAVE MARKER (PERMANENT/TEMPORARY)
Shape Material Construction
___Tablet ______ wood ______unfinished
____Tablet-like ______ cement ______hand-made
____ vertical slab _____ metal ______formally constructed
____obelisk _____ stone ______ carved
____block _____ granite _______ molded
_____triangular block _____ marble _______soldered
_____horizontal block _____ slate ______ cast
_____ pulpit _____limestone ______ cut
_____ figural _____ other ______ polished
_____ sarcophagus _____ unidentified
_____ cenotaph _____ field stone
_____ other
Grave Adomment
PERMANENT TEMPORARY INDIVIDUAL RITUAL/SEASONAL
_____plotted plant ____flowers ______ fresh flowers _____ Easter
_____ plantings _____ wreath ______ plastic flower _____ Christmas
______religious marker _____other _____ wreath _____
____Military marker ______ child’s toy _____
_____other _______ other _____
Marker Dimensions: Height: ___________ Width: __________ Thickness______
Inscription (Front/Back): Design/Decoration:
