PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM SITE 31BW787**2 ORTON PLANTATION CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 2014

Summary

Site 31BW787**2, a cemetery on the Orton Plantation in Brunswick County, North Carolina, is located on the banks of the Cape Fear River near the Atlantic coast. It contained a burial thought to date from 1759 and representing a male of European ancestry aged 50+ years. Sediment from the abdominal region of this burial in Vault 4 was collected and submitted for parasite analysis.

Cite this Record

PARASITE ANALYSIS FROM SITE 31BW787**2 ORTON PLANTATION CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,2014-009. 2014 ( tDAR id: 393708) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8FR00G4

Keywords

Site Name
Orton Plantation Cemetery

Site Type
Cemetery • Funerary and Burial Structures or Features

Investigation Types
Data Recovery / Excavation

General
14-009 • Parasite Analysis

Geographic Keywords
Brunswick (County) • North America (Continent) • North Carolina (State / Territory) • United States of America (Country)

Temporal Keywords
HISTORIC CONTEXT

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): PaleoResearch Institute

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