Gravestones, whose origin bases on the various beliefsystems, are an important part of our history and culture as a jointproduct of their era, environment, beliefs, traditions and sense ofart. They are not only interesting because of their sense of art butalso through their enriched socio-cultural content by standing asa historical document that provides concrete information aboutnames, appellations, groups of profession and cause of deaths.Gravestones, which are fastly decomposing due to environmentaland other poorly conditions, are the certificate of past lived lives,representing the the smallest monuments ofTurkish art. The tradition of graving in Turks hasbeen going on since the origin of Turkish historyuntill today. Through the extent of the research,the gravestones of 19th century Ottoman, foundin the cemetery of Küçük İmaret, Trabzon hasbeen examined and presented with all of theiraspect in the frame of Art History. These artpieces which are an important part of our cul tural legacy must be documented and protectedat all cost. The examples of gravestones of the selected areahas been introduced as two classified groups, onerepresenting the women’s gravestones other rep resenting the men’s. On the evolution and conclu sion part, the material, form, technic, graving andornaments of 19th century gravestones has beenexamined and analyzed. Also, the similarity ofcentral Istanbul style performance, seen in the se lected areas gravestones has been confirmed.