Written In Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
By Sally M. Walker
Chapter Three Vocabulary:
Perforated
pulp
Anatomically
Harris Lines
Calipers
Abscess
Clavicle
Stable isotope
meticulously
Essay Questions:
1. Exactly how has the endodontic profession changed the health of modern day Americans?
2. Expound why carbon-13 is an important element in forensic investigation.
3. Evaluate the cabon-13 value of -19.3 in the boy’s bones.
4. Manufacture a list of possible materials that could be used for record keeping excluding
church records and journals.
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The back of the skull shows dramatic injuries. One consists of a hole near the spine, where a large piece of
bone has been sliced away by a heavy bladed weapon such as a halberd. This, along with a smaller wound
opposite, may well have been a fatal injury. A smaller dent which cracked the inside of the skull, is thought to
have been caused by a dagger. There are a further five wounds on the skull, all inflicted around the time of
death.
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