The historic burial ground of the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia was uncovered in the winter of 2016–2017 during development of an urban lot in downtown Philadelphia. Burial records indicate its use from ca. 1702 to 1859. In 1860 the cemetery was contracted to be relocated. The skeletal remains of approximately 500 individuals, along with associated funerary goods, including coffins and coffin furniture (hardware and handles or fittings), were recovered during the archaeological excavations. This represents a large portion of the original cemetery and provides important information about colonial and postcolonial funerary practice in early Philadelphia. This article introduces the project and provides a preliminary description of associated artifacts, thus offering details of 18th- and 19th-century funerary practices from an integrated burial ground in Philadelphia. The uniquely varied hardware assemblage is perhaps consequent of the burial ground’s ideological or ancestral diversity.

费城第一浸信会教堂的历史墓地于 2016 年至 2017 年冬天在费城市中心的一个城市地块开发过程中被发现。埋葬记录表明它的使用来自大约。1702 年至 1859 年。1860 年，墓地被承包搬迁。考古发掘期间发现了大约 500 人的骨骼遗骸以及相关的陪葬品，包括棺材和棺材家具（硬件和把手或配件）。这代表了原始墓地的很大一部分，并提供了有关费城早期殖民和后殖民丧葬实践的重要信息。本文介绍了该项目并提供了相关工件的初步描述，因此提供了费城一个综合墓地的 18 和 19 世纪丧葬习俗的详细信息。独特多样的硬件组合可能是墓地意识形态或祖先多样性的结果。