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The Common School
Tiptoeing through the Tombstones
Dean Eastman

Lunette Seriation Charts

Conant Street Cemetery

Total Stones: 50

1690 - 1729

1730 - 1750

1751 - 1780

1781 - 1820

No Date

Lunettes

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

Death's Head

7

100%

7

78%

6

43%

0

0%

7

78%

Cherub

0

0%

2

22%

7

50%

5

45%

1

1%

Urn & Willow

0

0%

0

0%

1

7%

6

55%

0

0%

 

North Andover Cemetery

Total Stones: 270

1690 - 1729

1730 - 1750

1751 - 1780

1781 - 1820

No Date

Lunettes

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

Death's Head

26

90%

30

79%

42

60%

4

3%

9

90%

Cherub

3

10%

6

16%

22

31%

24

20%

0

0%

Urn & Willow

0

0%

2

5%

6

9%

95

77%

1

10%

 

Boxford Cemetery

Total Stones: 78

 

1690 - 1729

1730 - 1750

1751 - 1780

1781 - 1820

No Date

Lunettes

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

Death's Head

2

40%

0

0%

8

50%

0

0%

3

100%

Cherub

1

20%

0

0%

7

44%

14

26%

0

0%

Urn & Willow

2

40%

0

0%

1

6%

40

74%

0

0%

 

Harvard Square Cemetery

Total Stones: 479

 

1690 - 1729

1730 - 1750

1751 - 1780

1781 - 1820

No Date

Lunettes

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

# of stones

% of total stones

Death's Head

155

98%

78

85%

82

81%

21

19%

16

84%

Cherub

3

2%

14

15%

18

18%

13

12%

2

11%

Urn & Willow

0

0%

0

0%

1

1%

75

69%

1

5%

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