What caused a rise in the rate of decay in colonists' teeth?
eating a corn-based diet
HK9 showed signs of DISH, which had caused...
some of the vertebrae to fuse together
What was Mark Moore astounded to learn about the lead-coffin lady?
hair containing very high levels of arsenic.
What did Oswley and Bruwelheide conclude about the lead-coffin baby?
Rickets and anemia lead to her death.
The stratigraphy of the lead-coffin site's soil wall indicated that the
tiny coffin had been buried after the two large coffins
Owsley speculated that the Leavy Neck boy had died as a result of
an altercation that got out of hand
Why did Kelso conclude that the captain was Bartholomew Gosnold?
His status would have warranted placing a leading staff in his grave.
What did Owsley do after JR1225B's skeleton was measured in situ?
He took a close look at the arrowhead that was found near the boy's femur.
What made the archaeologists think JR1225B's body had been shrouded?
His legs were positioned close together with the toes pointed upward.
The location of James Fort was confirmed by the
triangular shape and pattern of the soil stains the archaeologists found.
Because the backfill soil contains the mixed soils of the excavated layers
it is a different color than the soil that forms the walls of the grave shaft.
A person's age at the time of death is
one of the first things forensic anthropologists try to determine when they examine remains.
Scientists use stable isotope analysis to estimate
how long a person lived in America after arriving from Europe.
The second lead coffin contained the remains of
a 60 year old woman who possible died from a poison known as arsenic.
HK9 and HK7 were both remains found at the Harleigh Knoll burial site
which scientists believed to be of African ancestry.
The skull of the teenage girl from Harleigh Knoll was reproduced with
a computerized tomography scan or CT scan.
