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Carolrhoda Books (R), 2009-01-02

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

Sally M Walker, Author

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9780822571353

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Join author Sally M. Walker as she works alongside scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia: a teenage boy, a ship's captain, an indentured servant, a colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl. All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are written in bone.
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Keywords and Themes: Archaeology • General (See Also Headings Under Animals or Technology) • History • JNF025190 • JNF038100 • JNF051000 • JNF052010 • Juvenile Nonfiction • Places • Science & Nature • Social Science • United States • United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods

Age Range • 10-14

Pages • 144

Subjects • Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) • Jamestown (Va.) • Jamestown • Antiquities • Forensic anthropology • Forensic osteology • Human remains (Archaeology) • Virginia

Categories • Juvenile Nonfiction | Social Science | Archaeology • Juvenile Nonfiction | History | United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods • Juvenile Nonfiction | Places | United States • Juvenile Nonfiction | Science & Nature | General (See Also Headings Under Animals or Technology)

YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Finalist
One of the Best Books of the Year: Chicago Public Library, School Library Journal, Science Books & Films

Bright white teeth. Straight leg bones. Awkwardly contorted arm bones. On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr. Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been buried there for four hundred years. "He was about fifteen years old when he died. And he was European," Owsley concluded. But how did he know?

Just as forensic scientists use their knowledge of human remains to help solve crimes, they use similar skills to solve the mysteries of the long-ago past. Join author Sally M. Walker as she works alongside the scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia, as well as other sites in Maryland. As you follow their investigations, she'll introduce you to what scientists believe are the lives of a teenage boy, a ship's captain, an indentured servant, a colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl. All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are written in bone.

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