The Application of the Harris Matrix to Rosemary Cemetery

Date of Award

2004

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Baram, Uzi

Keywords

Cemetery, Sarasota, FL, Harris Matrix

Area of Concentration

Anthropology

Abstract

Rosemary Cemetery, a historical cemetery in Sarasota, Florida that dates to 1886, is used as a case study in order to determine if the Harris Matrix is a useful technique for analyzing the changes in the landscape of a cemetery over time. The Harris Matrix is a technique used by archaeologists to graphically represent the stratigraphy of an archaeological site in a simplified format. This graphic representation is then used to analyze the changes that have occurred at a site. Since its development in 1973, the Harris Matrix has been used on many archaeological sites, most notably, for historical archaeology, on sites in Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. While originally intended to be used for analyzing the stratigraphy of archaeological soil deposits, the Harris Matrix has been successfully applied to standing architecture as well. By applying the Harris Matrix to Rosemary Cemetery, not only will an analysis of the changes within the cemetery itself be possible, but an additional use of the Harris Matrix will be established.

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