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All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are Written in bone..
As you follow their investigations, she\'ll introduce you to what scientists believe are the Lives of a teenage boy, a ship\'s captain, an indentured servant, a Colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl.
Walker as she works alongside the scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia, as well as other sites in Maryland.
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But how did he know? Just as forensic scientists use their knowledge of human remains to help solve crimes, they use similar skills to solve the mysteries of the long-ago past.
And he was European, Owsley concluded.
He was about fifteen years old when he died.
Douglas Owsley of the Smithsonian Institution peered into an excavated grave, carefully examining the fragile skeleton that had been Buried there for four hundred years.
On a hot summer day in 2005, Dr.
Awkwardly contorted arm bones.
Straight leg bones.
Bright white teeth.
All are reaching beyond the grave to tell us their stories, which are Written in bone.
Walker as she works alongside scientists investigating colonial-era graves near Jamestown, Virginia: a teenage boy, a ship\'s captain, an indentured servant, a Colonial official and his family, and an enslaved African girl.
Join author Sally M
