Record #:

36889

Author(s):

Jabbour, Alan; Singer-Jabbour, Karen

Abstract:

Visiting several cemeteries in Jackson County’s Canada Township, the author happened across a cemetery style that he had not seen before, found in three different cemeteries. The style was a bare earth mound, meaning the graves were mounded up and kept clear of grass and weeds, and then covered with a thick layer of white gravel to maintain the shape and suppress growth of grass.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 59 Issue 2, Fall-Winter 2012, p47-59 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Cemeteries; Burial mounds; Burial customs; Burial traditions; Decoration Day

Record #:

31593

Author(s):

Hogue, S. Homes

Abstract:

: In southeastern North Carolina the remains of what could have been ossuary burial practices have been observed since the late 1800s. In 1884 J. A. Holmes observed that the burial mounds in Duplin, Sampson, Robeson, Cumberland, and southern Wake counties had certain common characteristics. In this article Hogue outlines methods for analyzing the skeletal material found in these ossuaries.

Source:

Southern Indian Studies (NoCar E 78.S55 S6), Vol. 29 Issue , Oct 1977, p2-22, il, bibl Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burial mounds; Burial customs--North Carolina--Prehistoric; Duplin County--History; Wake County--History; Cumberland County--History; Robeson County--History; Sampson County--History

Record #:

18692

Author(s):

MacCord, Howard A., Sr.

Abstract:

MacCord discusses the excavations at McLean Mound, an Indian burial mound, located along the Cape Fear River in Cumberland County.

Source:

Southern Indian Studies (NoCar E 78.S55 S6), Vol. 18 Issue , Oct 1966, p1-45, il, map, bibl, f Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Burial customs--North Carolina--Prehistoric; Archaeology--Cumberland County; Burial mounds