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Prospect Hill: Skeletal Remains from a 19th-Century Methodist Cemetery, Newmarket, Ontario

1989; Binghamton University; Volume: 18; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.22191/neha/vol18/iss1/4

0048-0738

Stefan Pfeiffer, J. Christopher Dudar, Steven A. Austin,

Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies

During 1989-90, in response to disruption caused by a building site excavation in Newmarket, Ontario, archaeological and biological information was salvaged from a former church cemetery dating from 1824 or 1827 to 1879. The skeletal remains of 77 indivaduals indicate a population with high infant mortality and little access to medical or dental care. Nevertheless, the autopsy of a young pregnant woman and one gold dental filling indicate there was an incipient interest in biomedical that mechanisms be available to allow the salvage of as much historical and biological information as possible.