Cemeteries Cleaning and Grave Rubbing - Karen and Blake are joined by Matt Baxter to discuss the ethics and best practices around maintaining and preserving graveyards.

Links for Grave Rubbers from CyberSpace:
The article that inspired this conversation (via The Conversation)

Ken Feder (friend of the show and emeritus professor of archaeology) sent along this helpful article about grave preservation.

The woman with the pink foam (Kaeli Mae McEwen - aka "Clean Girl") has a site where she sells the stuff.

In Atlanta - at historic Oakland Cemetery - they have community cleaning projects. They list this under an article titled "Pro Team Field Notes on Scrubbing the Surface"

Thoughts on Grave Rubbing from a blogger.

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