Abstract	The mortuary art displayed on cemetery gravestones serves as a mirror of society at specific points in time, reflecting the values and social structure of the individuals buried there. This paper focuses on nineteenth and twentieth century gravestones of Norwegian-Americans in the Midwest, as demonstrated through the sampling of three Norwegian Lutheran cemeteries within Vernon County, Wisconsin. Components of these gravestones were recorded and analyzed in order to observe the cultural changes that took place in this region over the course of time. This analysis uses the shifting language and motifs on gravestones in Vernon County to evaluate the assimilation of Norwegians into American culture. Recognition of these shifting patterns of assimilation is beneficial to a number of different disciplines, particularly the study of historical archaeology of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Alternative title	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research
	UW-La Crosse JUR
Author	Otto, Jennifer
Contributor	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Undergraduate Research Program
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Sponsor	McAndrews, Timothy
Type of resource	text
Genre	journal
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	2004
Date captured	2016-12-06
Language	eng
Width	8.5
Height	10.99
Subject topic	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse -- Students -- Research -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	College students -- Research -- United States -- Periodicals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Journals Authority: LCSH
Subject topic	Archaeology Authority: LCSH
Note	Published as part of the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research, Volume 7 (2004)
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Collection	UWL Journal of Undergraduate Research
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Stock number	WU76.U5 J6