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Observation Gravestone art from colonial New England can be unique in providing the archaeologist and the student who studies it, with an opportunity to measure cultural change in time and space. The gravestone of William Dickinson at Bainbridge, Massachusetts (1692) is an example of a gravestone that can be studied to analyze cultural processes in general and social change. The gravestone of William Dickinson had a lasting impression on me because it was the only image I saw that was tangible. Unlike artist renditions of social change, gravestone art’s death images are related to religion and the variations in written material can be observed to see how they reflect religious variations. The gravestone of William Dickinson displays common religious motifs. The eye linger first to the middle of the grave where you see a winged skull and winged cherubs carrying small coffins. According to Framing America, the words “memento mori” and “fugit hora” are located between the two cherubs which emphasize the passage of time and human mortality. ( Pohl, p. 68) Furthermore, located on the gravestone of Dickinson, naked long-haired figures adorn the top which may have represented demons of the underworld. Below t