African Burial Ground (Site Name Keyword)
51-60 (60 Records)
The dentition is usually the best-preserved element of the skeleton. Hydroxyapatite, an inorganic calcium matrix, comprises approximately 97 percent of the chemical composition of enamel (Carlson, 1990). This crystalline structure makes dental enamel hard and dense and useful to resist the abrasive nature of mastication. Also, as a result of their hardness, teeth are often all that remains of a long-deceased individual. The abundant presence of dentition in archaeological contexts has led to the...
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 1. Front Matter and Table of Contents (2004)
Cover page, table of contents, acknowledgments for volume one of the skeletal biology report.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Appendix A Research Design Subcommittee Statement and ABG Physical Anthropological Peer Review Panel Report - Section 1 (2004)
First section with the Research Design Subcommittee Statement.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Appendix A Research Design Subcommittee Statement and ABG Physical Anthropological Peer Review Panel Report - Section 1 (2004)
Appended report/statement per the title.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Appendix A Research Design Subcommittee Statement and ABG Physical Anthropological Peer Review Panel Report - Section 2 (2004)
This is section two, the Anthropological Peer Review Panel Report
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Appendix B New York African Burial Ground Project Skeletal Analysis Forms (2004)
Scans of the excavation forms.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Appendix C Preservation Status Codes for New York African Burial Ground Burials (2004)
Explanation and table of preservation codes.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Front Matter and Table of Contents (2004)
Title page and table of contents.
New York African Burial Ground Skeletal Biology Final Report, Volume 2. Section IV: Burial Descriptions (2004)
Descriptions and images from the skeletal biology report.
Planning and Protocol Document: Reconciliation and Transfer of African Burial Ground Site Human Remains and Associated Artifacts (2001)
This planning and protocol document describes the reconciliation and transfer of over 400 burials and associated artifacts excavated from an eighteenth-century African Burial Ground (ABG) in lower Manhattan in 1991. After 10 years of research on these remains and materials, their reburial is imminent. Numerous federal, city, and private organizations, as well as the media, will be involved in the reconciliation of the remains and artifacts (which involves a comparison of the original inventory...