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1. What events about the founding of the Maryland colony are given in this book?

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1. What events about the founding of the Maryland colony are given in this book?

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it was founded in 1634 by a man who was determined to create a safe haven for English Catholics.

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2. When did archaeological work begin at St. Mary's

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2. When did archaeological work begin at St. Mary's

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During the early 1980s.

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3. Where were the three lead coffins buried?

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3. Where were the three lead coffins buried?

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At a chapel in Maryland

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4. What people were buried inside the church?

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4. What people were buried inside the church?

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Wealthy people were buried inside the church.

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5. What technology was used to look for buried objects within the walls of the church

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5. What technology was used to look for buried objects within the walls of the church

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What technology was used was GPR which stands for ground penetrating radar.

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6. What information did the GPR reveal about the foundation of the church?

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6. What information did the GPR reveal about the foundation of the church?

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It revealed a brick foundation that was 3 feet thick and extended 5 feet under the ground-to support a massive tall permanent building. It had been built in the shape of a cross, a symbol of Christianity

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7. How did the workers prevent more damage to the lead coffins?

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7. How did the workers prevent more damage to the lead coffins?

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They used paintbrushes and gloves.

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8. How did the scientists protect the grave site from intruders

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8. How did the scientists protect the grave site from intruders

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They dug it out and took photographs and covered it with metal roofing sheets and covered it back up with dirt.

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9. What did the scientists name this project?

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9. What did the scientists name this project?

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Project lead coffins

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10. Why were the Project Lead Coffins members allowed to open the Copely coffins and examine them?

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10. Why were the Project Lead Coffins members allowed to open the Copely coffins and examine them?

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11. Where were the Copely coffins found?

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11. Where were the Copely coffins found?

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They were buried underground in a cemetary.

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12. What information did the use of stratigraphy give the scientists?

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12. What information did the use of stratigraphy give the scientists?

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It gave the scientists that it can provide critical information about the timing and nature of changes.

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13. Why did the scientists use gamma rays on the trunk

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13. Why did the scientists use gamma rays on the trunk

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They wanted to see where objects were buried

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14. Why did the scientist replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an insert gas?

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14. Why did the scientist replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an insert gas?

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Because the argon do not react with other substances , so they don't contribute to decomposition.

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15.  Why were the coffins scanned with infrared light

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15.  Why were the coffins scanned with infrared light

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They were scanned with infrared light because they were looking for cracks.

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16. Why were the coffins difficult to move?

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16. Why were the coffins difficult to move?

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They were heavy.

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17. Why do you think they moved the baby's coffin?

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17. Why do you think they moved the baby's coffin?

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Because it was light

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1. What parts of the baby's skeleton were missing?

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1. What parts of the baby's skeleton were missing?

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The child's lower leg bones and feet were gone.

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2. Why do insects avoid eating the fabric that was attached with copper shroud pins?

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2. Why do insects avoid eating the fabric that was attached with copper shroud pins?

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Because it poisen the bugs.

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3. What factors helped the scientists determine the age of the child?

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3. What factors helped the scientists determine the age of the child?

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They had did an examine on the child's mandible, or jaw. Also a baby's first incisors usually start to come between 4 to 6 months old.

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4. What may have made the baby's missing bones disappear?

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4. What may have made the baby's missing bones disappear?

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What may have caused it was that gravity pulled the water down through the slanted layer of soil to the area where the baby's lower legs and feet lay.

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5. What diseases did the scientists suspect the baby had?

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5. What diseases did the scientists suspect the baby had?

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They suspected the baby had rickets and Anemia.

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6. What conclusions did the scientists come to concerning the body in the second coffin?

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6. What conclusions did the scientists come to concerning the body in the second coffin?

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What conclusions they had were dental and bone clues and a silk ribbon tied neatly in a bow around the lady's wrist.

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7. What trace elements were found in the lady's hair when the nuclear reactor was used?

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7. What trace elements were found in the lady's hair when the nuclear reactor was used?

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What trace elements were found were They would contain deadly arsenic.

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8. What uses did arsenic have in colonial times?

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8. What uses did arsenic have in colonial times?

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Arsenic had a deadly poison in it.

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9. How was the man's coffin different from the other two?

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9. How was the man's coffin different from the other two?

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It was  heavier than the other and well find.

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10. What burial tradition is explained in this section of the book?

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10. What burial tradition is explained in this section of the book?

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They would place the husbands grave on the north side of the wifes grave.

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11. In what way was the man's burial different than all the others we have read about?

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11. In what way was the man's burial different than all the others we have read about?

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That his coffin was made out of lead.

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12. In that day, what chemicals were used to make embalming fluid?

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12. In that day, what chemicals were used to make embalming fluid?

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What was used to make embalming fluid was a mixture of salt, white powder called alum, lime found in a certain type of rock.

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13. How did the team of scientists link the crystal remains to the practice of embalming?

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13. How did the team of scientists link the crystal remains to the practice of embalming?

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They used a mineral called brushite.

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14. What is known about the man in the coffin?

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14. What is known about the man in the coffin?

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He smoked pipe so his teeth rotted out.

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15. What happened in the experiment to capture the air?

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15. What happened in the experiment to capture the air?

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the air was old.

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16. What did the carbon-13 results show?

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16. What did the carbon-13 results show?

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They showed that the man was a 17.4 and the two lived in Maryland.

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17. Who was most likely the man in the lead coffin?

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17. Who was most likely the man in the lead coffin?

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Phillip Calvert

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18. What is known about Phillip Calvert?

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18. What is known about Phillip Calvert?

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That he was the younger half brother of Cecil Calvert.

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 19.Who were the people in the other two coffins?

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 19.Who were the people in the other two coffins?

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The other two people in the coffin were Jane Selvert and the daughter