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| Home: Resources: Journal: Volume 1: Owsley: 3.1 Burial Recovery |
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| Recovery and Analysis of Jamestown Rediscovery South Churchyard Burials from the 1999 Field Season Douglas Owsley, Karin Bruwelheide, and Rebecca Kardash | |||
3. Burial 5 (JR-320D-500) 3.1 Burial Recovery
The preservation of this individual ranges from fair to good. The better preservation of this individual may be related to the greater deterioration of the coffin wood. The coffin has a hexagonal shape and 50 associated nails are present. The burial appears to have been in a shroud, as evidenced by five stains from copper alloy pins. On the basis of its close proximity, parallel alignment and similar grave-shaft fill as Burial 4, the individual in Burial 5 was likely interred in the late 18th century. On its own, however, Burial 5 contained no temporally diagnostic artifacts. |
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