Skeletal Material

Object/Artifact

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Skeletal Material

Entry/Object ID

1999.27.2196

Description

Human skeletal material. Reconstruction efforts were made in the past. Site ID: MS A2 Inside of box is labeled MSAH3/117 Two burials, one bag of from a "test layer" from burial 3. Box contains: 1 Tibia and fibula - evidence of disease/infection 1 Cranium - fragmented. There is an empty bag labeled "Burial 1" - likely that this cranium, though not in the bag, is from burial 1 Individual bags: -Unidentifiable fragments from a bag labeled "burial #1, burial #2" -Unidentifiable fragments from a bag labeled "test c layer c burial #3" -Long bone shaft fragments from a bag labeled "Burial #1 Bone #3". Shafts show evidence of infection -Long bone shaft fragments from a bag labeled "MS A2 Bones North Wall; Dagenham Beach Burial #1" -Mandible and teeth from a bag labeled "MS-A2 Misc Bones, Burial #1" -Long bone shaft from bag labeled "MS-A2 Burial #1 B#4" -Mostly cranial fragments from bag labeled "MS A2 Burial #1 B#5. Some vertebral fragments present. Several unidentifiable -Empty bag labeled "MS-A2 burial #2 B16. Empty 4/19/85 BM" -Empty bag labeled "MS-A2 burial #1" -Fragment of periosteum. Possibly patellar. Bag labeled "MS-A2 Burial #1 B#1" -Empty bag (just extremely small fragments, less than 10) labeled " MS-A2 Test C Burial #3 B#10 + 11" -Phalanges in a bag labeled "MS-A2 Burial #1 "

Ethnography

Cultural Region

Country

Montserrat

Parts

3 MNI determined by the three burials identified.

Relationships

Related Places

Place

Location

MS A2

Country

Montserrat