CONTENTS
Opening Remarks, June 19, 1976
Peter Benes, Michael L. Cornog, David D. Hall, Nancy Buckeye
SECTION I, RESEARCH AND METHODS
Principles and Methods for the Study of the Work of Individual Carvers
James A. SlaterZerubbabel Collins’ Successor and his work in Bennington County, Vermont
William E. Harding
SECTION II, STUDIES OF SYMBOLISM AND IMAGERY
The Gravestone Image as a Puritan Cultural Code
David D. HallFrom Significant Incompetence to Insignificant Competence
Stephen C. FosterEros and Agape: Classical and Early Christian Survivals in New England Stonecarving
Allan I. LudwigThe Caricature Hypothesis Re-examined: the Animated Skull as a Puritan Folk Image
Peter Benes
SECTION III, CULTURAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDIES
Chips from Hawthorne’s Workshop: the Icon and Cultural Studies
Thomas A. ZanielloNonchronological Sources of Variation in the Seriation of Gravestone Motifs in the Northeast and Southeast Colonies
Frederick Gorman, Michael DiBlasi
SECTION IV, PRESERVATION AND REPRODUCTION TECHNIQUES
The Gloucester Experiment: Community Partnership and Preservation Strategies
Carole L. SharoffStone Rubbing: Are Model Laws Needed? A Seminar Open Forum
Moderator: Jessie Lie
Panelists: Francis Y. Duval
William McGeerRubbings and Their Place in the Study of New England Gravestones
Ann Parker, Avon NealPhotography of Early Gravestone Art
Daniel Farber
SECTION V, BIBLIOGRAPHY
Early American Gravestone Studies: the Structure of the Literature
Nancy BuckeyeBibliography of Gravestone Studies
Nancy BuckeyeNotes on Contributors