S04E18 - Grave Rubbers from CyberSpace!

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 (theconversation.com/grave-cleaning-videos-are-…) (via The Conversation)

Ken Feder (friend of the show and emeritus professor of archaeology) sent along this helpful article about grave preservation. (nps.gov/orgs/1739/upload/preservation-brief-48…)

The woman with the pink foam (Kaeli Mae McEwen (tiktok.com/@_the_clean_girl?lang=en) - aka "Clean Girl") has a site where she sells the stuff. (gocleangirl.com)

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 (oaklandcemetery.com/pro-team-field-notes-scrub…)"

Thoughts on Grave Rubbing from a blogger. (histhermann.wordpress.com/2018/01/24/a-defense…)

Additional Links:

Since we mentioned The Conversation, by coincidence Jeb Card got interviewed about his paranormal course at University of Ohio - check it (theconversation.com/understanding-paranormal-b…)!

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