Research Catalog
Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Title
- Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
- Author
- Walker, Sally M.
- Publication
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, ©2009.
Available Online
Items in the Library & Off-site
Filter by
1 Item
| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Request in advance | JFF 10-230 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 144 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps; 28 cm
- Summary
- This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.
- Alternative Title
- Buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
- Subjects
- Human remains (Archaeology)
- Jamestown (Va.) > Antiquities
- Forensic osteology
- Human remains (Archaeology) > Virginia > Jamestown
- United States > Chesapeake Bay Region
- Jamestown (Va.) > Antiquities > Juvenile literature
- Human remains (Archaeology) > Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Juvenile literature
- Forensic osteology > Juvenile literature
- Juvenile works
- Virginia > Jamestown
- Human remains (Archaeology) > Virginia > Jamestown > Juvenile literature
- Forensic anthropology > Juvenile literature
- Antiquities
- Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Antiquities > Juvenile literature
- Genre/Form
- Juvenile works.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
- Awards (note)
- A Junior Library Guild selection
- Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2010
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010
- YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist, 2010.
- Contents
- A grave mystery -- Who were you? -- Out of the grave -- The captain -- The body in the basement -- The luxury of lead -- The lead-coffin people -- Expect the unexpected -- Remember me.
- Call Number
- JFF 10-230
- ISBN
- 9780822571353
- 0822571358
- LCCN
- 2007010768
- 9780822571353
- OCLC
- 86090402
- Author
- Walker, Sally M.
- Title
- Written in bone : buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland / Sally M. Walker.
- Imprint
- Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, ©2009.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Study Program
- Accelerated Reader/Renaissance Learning UG 9.0 6.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
- Awards
- A Junior Library Guild selectionOutstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12, 2010Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2010YALSA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Award Finalist, 2010.
- Connect to:
- Other Standard Identifier
- 9780822571353 52295
- Research Call Number
- JFF 10-230