Title	Comb graves in Looper Speck Cemetery
Description	Comb graves in Looper-Speck Cemetery in Overton Co., Tenn.
Historical Note	Comb graves are a type of covered grave that are often called "tent graves." The length of the grave was covered by rocks or other materials that look like the gabled roof or comb of a building. They were popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries. It is conjectured that these graves were covered to protect them from either weather or animals, or perhaps both. While comb graves can be found in other southern states, the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee has the highest concentration of these types of graves.
Date	2012 November 25
Creator	Finch, Richard
Place	Overton County (Tenn.)
Latitude	36.250277
Longitude	-85.262638
Collection Name	Richard C. Finch Folk Graves Digital Photograph Collection
Accession Number	2013-022
Subject - LCSH	Cemeteries Graves
Subject - TGM	Cemeteries Graves
Owning Institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	Okalona Q - Looper-Speck Cem 7
Digital Collection	Comb Graves of Tennessee
Digital Type	Still Image
Digital Format	Image/jpeg
Media Type	Photographs
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