Provost’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture Spring 2013
D r. A s h l e y M c K e o w n Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology
Photo courtesy of Ashley McKeown Skeleton Keys:
Unlocking Jamestown’s
Mysteries with Forensic
Osteology and
Bioarchaeology
Thursday, February 7th at 6:00 p.m.
University Center Theater (UC 3rd floor)
Infor mal rece ption to follow. T his event is free and open to the public.
Integrating human skeletal biology and archaeology, Professor McKeown’s studies of colonial and
prehistoric burials across North America seek to understand life and death in past societies, and
her research on early 17th-century burials at Jamestown, Virginia is currently part of a Smithsonian
exhibit. Professor McKeown also serves as a forensic anthropologist in Montana, assisting the State
Crime Lab and law enforcement with the recovery and
analysis of human skeletal remains.
Image of key used with permission from Microso