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This is an abstract from the session entitled "Retrospective: 50 Years Of Research And Changing Narratives At Catoctin Furnace, Maryland", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Forensic facial reconstructions are an effective tool for communicating historical narratives and information gleaned from human skeletal remains. The method relies on the relationship between the underlying architecture of the skull and the tissues of the face. Facial reconstructions...
Forgotten Families of the Furnace: Ancestral Origins and Genetic Relationships Reflected in Death (2023)
This is an abstract from the session entitled "Retrospective: 50 Years Of Research And Changing Narratives At Catoctin Furnace, Maryland", at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. In 2015, funding was awarded to the Catoctin Furnace Historical Society to provide data-grounded interpretation of a cemetery and its skeletal remains (circa 1790-1840) previously impacted by development. Phase I involved updated analysis, including assessments of demography, bone and...