Written in Bone by Mileah Joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js Q&A Chapters 6-7 en-us 2016-09-16 14:00:18 UTC 2017-03-15 10:32:28 UTC hello@padlet.com 17. Why do you think they moved the baby's coffin first? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354058 They moved the baby's coffin first because the baby's coffin had to be moved with a mini crane first because it was the smallest of the three graves.]]> 2016-09-16 14:14:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354058 16. Why were the coffins difficult to move? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354397 The coffins were difficult to move because the scientists did their best not to damage the coffins and the caution they took made the process laborious.]]> 2016-09-16 14:15:28 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354397 15. Why were the coffin scanned with infrared light? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354724 The coffins were scanned so that they could be tested to see if they had cracks in them. If they did, the lifting process could break them.]]> 2016-09-16 14:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124354724 14. Why did the scientist replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an inert gas? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124355125 The oxygen reacts with the flesh, hair, and clothing and causes it to disintegrate. Argon does not react with it, so it keeps it conserved.]]> 2016-09-16 14:17:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124355125 13. Why did the scientist use gamma rays on the trunk? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124355778 They used gamma rays to create a image of the things inside the trunk without damaging it.]]> 2016-09-16 14:18:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124355778 12. What information did the use of stratigraphy give the scientists? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124356172 It told that the two large coffins were buried at about the same time and that the grave shaft had been disturbed.]]> 2016-09-16 14:19:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124356172 11. Where were the Copely coffins found? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124357123 In a underground vault in the cemetery at Trinity Episcopal Church.]]> 2016-09-16 14:21:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124357123 10. Why were the Project Lead Coffins members allowed to open the Copely coffins and examine them? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124357560 It helped the team develop a scientifically thorough strategy for excavating and opening the three lead coffins.]]> 2016-09-16 14:22:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124357560 9. What did the scientists name the project? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358151 They named it Project Lead Coffin.]]> 2016-09-16 14:24:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358151 8. How did the scientist protect the grave site from intruders? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358466 They covered the grave shaft with sheets of tin topped with a thick layer of soil.]]> 2016-09-16 14:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358466 7. How did the workers prevent more damage to the lead coffins? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358894 They had to make a detain excavation plan.]]> 2016-09-16 14:26:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124358894 6. What information did the GPR reveal about the foundation of the church? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124359364 It revealed a brick foundation that was in the shape of a cross and something beneath the chapel floor.]]> 2016-09-16 14:27:06 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124359364 5. What technology was used to look for buried objects within the walls of the church? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124359977 They used a GPR to look for buried objects within the walls.]]> 2016-09-16 14:28:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124359977 4. What people were buried inside the church? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124732912 The people that were buried inside the church were Sir Lionel and Annie Copley.]]> 2016-09-19 13:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124732912 3. Where were the three lead coffins buried? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124734518 They were buried beneath the floor of the brick church.]]> 2016-09-19 13:42:26 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124734518 2. When did archaeological work begin at St. Mary's? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124734892 They started working on St. Mary´s during the 1980s.]]> 2016-09-19 13:43:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124734892 19. Who were the people in the other two coffins mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124737912 Anne Calvert and Philip and his 2nd wife's child]]> 2016-09-19 13:48:30 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124737912 18. What is known about Philip Calvert? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124738535 He was the younger half brother of Cecil Calvert]]> 2016-09-19 13:49:19 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124738535 (Chap. 6) 1. What events about the founding of the Maryland colony are given in this book? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124738668 It says that, ¨The colony in Maryland was founded in 1634 by a man who was determined to create a safe haven for English Catholics.¨]]> 2016-09-19 13:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124738668 17. Who was likely the man in the lead coffin ? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124740515 Philip Calvert was most likely the man in the lead coffin.]]> 2016-09-19 13:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124740515 16. What did the Carbon-13 results show? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124740787 The value for the lead-coffin man was -17.4, and the lady's was -17.1.]]> 2016-09-19 13:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124740787 15. What happened in the experiment to capture the air? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124741185 They found that the sample contained chemicals that came from the materials used to embalm the the man's body and that the coffin air had been contaminated ]]> 2016-09-19 13:53:18 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124741185 14. What is known about the man in the coffin? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124741733 He was a male in his fifties who was probably right handed, about 5 feet 7 inches tall, and-as suggested by the coffin's with-somewhat overweight.]]> 2016-09-19 13:54:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124741733 13. How did the team of scientists link the crystal remains to the practice of embalming? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124742305 The story says, "Geologists identified the crystals found in the coffin as a mineral called brushite." This forms when you embalm a skeleton.]]> 2016-09-19 13:55:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124742305 12. In that day, what chemicals were used to make embalming fluid? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124742987 A mixture of salt, a white powder called alum, lime (a substance found in certain types of rock), and herbs.]]> 2016-09-19 13:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124742987 11. In what way was the man burial different than all the others we have read about? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124743508 The top half of the body's bones had been transformed into a white crystalline material]]> 2016-09-19 13:56:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124743508 10. What burial tradition is explained in this section of the book? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124745390 The story says, "During the seventeenth century, when the English buried a husband and wife beside each other, they traditionally placed the husband's grave on the north side of the wife's grave.]]> 2016-09-19 13:59:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124745390 9. How was the man's coffin different than the other two mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124746260 The coffin was made of several kinds of wood, was shaped into hexagons and stacked, and the lid was preserved very well.]]> 2016-09-19 14:00:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124746260 8. What uses did arsenic have in colonial times? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124747258 They thought that arsenic could cure illnesses and many medicines incorporated arsenic as one of the ingredients]]> 2016-09-19 14:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124747258 7. What trace elements were found in the lady's hair when the nuclear reactor was used? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124747857 Her hair contained very high levels of the element arsenic, a deadly poison.]]> 2016-09-19 14:02:47 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124747857 5. What diseases did the scientists suspect the baby had? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124748755 They suspected that the baby had rickets and anemia as they observed the bones.]]> 2016-09-19 14:04:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124748755 6. What conclusions did the scientist come to concerning the body in the second coffin? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124749140 They concluded that the remains belonged to a slender woman, about 5 feet 3 inches tall, who had lived to be at least sixty years old]]> 2016-09-19 14:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124749140 4. What may have made the baby's missing bones disappear? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124750491 The soil was dampened over time and gravity pulled the water down to where the legs and feet lay. This caused the lower leg bones and feet to deteriorate and disappear.]]> 2016-09-19 14:07:31 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124750491 3. What factors helped the scientists determine the age or the child? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124750965 The cranium, sutures, and the teeth of the child helped Bruwelheide estimate the age.]]> 2016-09-19 14:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124750965 2. Why do insects avoid eating the fabric that was attached with copper shroud pins? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124751344 In the story it stats, "Copper is a fairly toxic [poisonous] metal." so the insects don't eat the cloth in contact with the copper.]]> 2016-09-19 14:09:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124751344 (Chap. 7) 1. What parts of the baby's skeleton were missing? mileah_joy https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124751971 The lower leg bones and feet were gone.]]> 2016-09-19 14:10:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mileah_joy/qnrgndc0f4js/wish/124751971