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Social Science Archaeology

Bones of the Ancestors

The Archaeology and Osteobiography of the Moatfield Ossuary

edited by Ronald F. Williamson & Susan Pfeiffer

Publisher
Canadian Museum of History
Initial publish date
Jan 2003
Category
Archaeology
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781772821567
    Publish Date
    Jan 2003
    List Price
    $27.99

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Description

This book provides a rare glimpse of thirteenth century life and death in a southern Ontario Iroquoian community. The discovery in 1997 of an Iroquoian ossuary containing the remains of at least 87 people has given scientists a remarkably detailed demographic profile of the Moatfield people, as well as strong indicators of their health and diet.

About the authors

Ronald F. Williamson is the co-editor of Taming the Taxonomy: Towards a New Understanding of Great Lakes Archaeology and president and chief archaeologist, Archaeological Services Inc.

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