Burials from a historic Hudson Bay Company cemetery at Fort Frances, Ontario, a case study in applied forensic osteology
The excavation of DdKi-2, Fort Frances, Ontario, was an emergency situation arising from the construction of a new parking lot for Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. (now Stone Consolidate Ltd.) who unexpectedly encountered 13 burials of human origin. The osteological and isotopic data are used to estimate r...
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| Language: | English |
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2007
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1993/961 |
| Summary: | The excavation of DdKi-2, Fort Frances, Ontario, was an emergency situation arising from the construction of a new parking lot for Boise Cascade Canada Ltd. (now Stone Consolidate Ltd.) who unexpectedly encountered 13 burials of human origin. The osteological and isotopic data are used to estimate racial affinity, age at death, sex, stature, and pathological conditions of these individuals for the eventual repatriation of the remains. |
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