Daisy Wheel, Hexfoil, Hexafoil, Rosette

Robyn S. Lacy earned her PhD in Archaeology at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. She runs a historic gravestone preservation business with her husband in Newfoundland, which takes them all across the island and beyond. Her first book, Burial and Death in Colonial North America, was published in 2020, and she regularly writes about her research on her website, spadeandthegrave.com.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. Protective Marks and ObjectsChapter 2. Hexfoils in a Mortuary ContextChapter 3. The Reformation and Medieval MagicsChapter 4. Survey of Protective Marks on GravestonesChapter 5. Results of the SurveyChapter 6. Modern Interpretations of the Hexfoil and Other Protective MarksConclusion: Protective Marks on Gravestones: Past and PresentReferencesIndex

“As an analysis of the distribution and extent of the symbol in northern America this book is a must read for graveyard historians… this is an interesting book which is an attempt to narrate the use of [the W] symbol in funerary contexts over the last couple of millennia.” • Current Archaeology