Include bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index
Contents
Grave mysteries -- Social status/work/making a living -- Buried in cloth and wood -- Health, nutrition, and cause of death -- The luxury of lead -- The lead coffin people -- Who were these people? -- In the flesh
Summary
Takes readers through the process of investigating human remains found at colonial-era sites to reveal causes of death, match remains with the names on the historical records, and determine the skeletons' gender, age at death, nationality, and even economic standing
