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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 archaeologists work begin at St. Mary's?

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2. When did archaeologists work begin at St. Mary's?

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the fall of 1990

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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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Underneath a chapel

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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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Sir Loinel, and Anne Copely,

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

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

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A gamma ray image.

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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 gave a mysterious echo from underneath the church.

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

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

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The team members pumped neutral argon gas into the coffins.

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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 covered half of the coffin and a couple of inches down on each side..to make sure that is was just three coffins that were there, they photographed them and mapped them then filled the grave shaft back.

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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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To learn more about lead coffins and the people that were inside of 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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Underneath a chapel

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

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

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Critical information about timing and nature of such things, which helps archaeologists analyze their findings.

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13. Why did the scientists use gamma rays on the truck?

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13. Why did the scientists use gamma rays on the truck?

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to see what material it was made of because different materials absorb gamma rays different amounts of gamma rays.

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14. Why did the scientists replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an inert gas?

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14. Why did the scientists replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an inert gas?

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They didn't want deterioration to happen.

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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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To see inside the coffin, because they didn't want to open it in case it was air tight.

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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 made of lead so they were very heavy

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

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

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it was the smallest and the easiest to move.

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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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lower leg bones and feet

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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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its toxic bc its decsompesed

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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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the flexibility of it's skull and it's suture lines are not fused and also its teeth

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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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water droplets might've seeped into the coffin bc it was not airtight/watertight. the water most likey caused the bones to deteriorate.

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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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Anemia/ or rickets

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

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

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it contained the remains of a grown woman. She had been shrouded. the lady broke her leg before she had died and she broke about 20 of her teeth by the time she died

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

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

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it contained a deadly poison called arsenic. They thought she had been poisoned to death.

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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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People believed that if you took only small doses of it, that it could cure a sickness.

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9. How was the mans coffin different from the other two?

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9. How was the mans coffin different from the other two?

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His was the heaviest and most finely

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

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

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it was the heavest and the most finely crafted.

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

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

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The man's bone had been turned into a strange white substance, they think it did so because embalming. embalming is when people remove the organs from the body and fill it with a mixture of salt, a white powder called alum, lime, and herbs.

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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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They used salt, lime alum and herbs

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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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the white substance is usually a side effect of embalming

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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 was over weight and was a smoker, and he was a person of high status. Also he had been embalmed

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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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16. What did the carbon-13 results show?

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16. What did the carbon-13 results show?

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The lead coffin lady was not a woman who died shortly after her arrival from England.

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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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Philip Calvert

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He had a large library so he was probably wealthy and well known in his society.

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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?