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MCI Project Summaries 2008 - Smithsonian Institution

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<strong>MCI</strong> 6118.1 Colonial American Skeletal Material<br />

<strong>MCI</strong> Staff: Nicole C. Little, R. Jeff Speakman<br />

The health of historic populations from Jamestown and St. Mary’s City was assessed.<br />

Lead and other heavy metal concentrations in skeletal remains were determined by ICP-MS for<br />

the exhibit entitled Life and Death in the Colonial Chesapeake. Although 101 bone samples were<br />

submitted for this preliminary study, additional samples were analyzed to determine the health<br />

and social status of 17 th century colonial populations.<br />

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