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Written in bone buried lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Walker, Sally M.
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Minneapolis, Minn. : Carolrhoda Books, c2009.
Subjects:	Forensic anthropology > Young adult nonfiction. Forensic osteology > Young adult nonfiction. Human remains (Archaeology) > Virginia > Jamestown > Young adult nonfiction. Jamestown (Va.) > Antiquities > Young adult nonfiction. Chesapeake Bay Region (Md. and Va.) > Antiquities > Young adult nonfiction.
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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.
Physical Description:	144 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 28 cm.
Awards:	A Junior Library Guild selection
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 138-139) and index.
ISBN:	9780822571353 (reinforced) : 0822571358 (reinforced) :
Author Notes:	Sally M. Walker has been a children's book writer for over 20 years. Most of her books are nonfiction and present various science topics to young readers. Fossil Fish Found Alive is the story of the hunt for the elusive fish called the coelacanth. Sally also enjoys combining science investigation with historical topics. Her book Secrets of a Civil War Submarine, which won the 2006 Robert F. Sibert Medal, tells about thehistory, loss, and re-discovery of the first submarine to sink an enemy ship in battle. Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland takes readers on archaeological expeditions, where the forensic analysis of colonial settlers' bones helps us to understand their lives. Sally especially enjoys writing narrative nonfiction that captures the reader's attention with a true story. She is also the author of 2019 Orbis Pictus Honor Book Champion: TheComeback Tale of the American Chestnut .