Written in Bone by Michael Bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l Ch. 6-7 Q&A en-us 2016-09-16 13:57:42 UTC 2017-03-15 10:32:25 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Ninja.png 1. What events about the founding of the Maryland colony are given in this book? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124351183 The book said that the colony of Maryland was founded in 1634. It was a different place because it allowed other religions to be practiced more than other colonies did.]]> 2016-09-16 14:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124351183 2. When did archaeological work begin at St. Mary's? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124351896 The first archaeological work at St. Mary's began in the early 1980's by Henry Miller and his team.]]> 2016-09-16 14:09:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124351896 3. Where were the three lead coffins buried? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124353544 The three lead coffins were buried underneath the church floor.]]> 2016-09-16 14:13:29 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124353544 4. What people were buried inside the church? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124353855 Only the wealthy people were buried inside of the church. This was because it was expensive back then.]]> 2016-09-16 14:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124353855 5. What technology was used to look for buried objects within the walls of the church? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124354175 To find buried items underneath the church floor the team used a GPR. This was a piece of equipment that scanned the ground and told archaeologists where underground items may be.]]> 2016-09-16 14:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124354175 6. What information did the GPR reveal about the foundation of the church? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124354655 The GPR showed the archaeologists that the church was in the shape of a cross and so were the grave burial spots.]]> 2016-09-16 14:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124354655 7. How did the workers prevent more damage to the lead coffins? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124355067 They used precise tools and made sure to keep everything safe and like they left it in the beginning. This is how they prevent damage to the coffins]]> 2016-09-16 14:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124355067 8. How did the scientists protect the grave site from intruders? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124355647 To protect the graves, the scientists back filled the soil and topped it off so no one could get into it.]]> 2016-09-16 14:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124355647 9. What did the scientists name this project? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124356413 The project was called, the Lead Coffins]]> 2016-09-16 14:20:03 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124356413 10. Why were the Project Lead Coffins members allowed to open the Copley coffins and examine them?  michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357007 The project members were allowed to examine the coffins because they were the one who could check them and take notes on them to learn more about them.]]> 2016-09-16 14:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357007 11. Where were the Copley coffins found? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357551 The Copley coffins were found in an underground vault in a cemetery at St. Mary's City.]]> 2016-09-16 14:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357551 12. What information did the use of stratigraphy give the scientists? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357970 The stratigraphy allowed the scientists to see that there were holes big enough to fit some graves. This told the scientists where the coffins were.]]> 2016-09-16 14:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124357970 13. Why did the scientists use gamma rays on the trunk? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124358931 They used gamma rays because their first choice, x-rays, could not see through the lead. This led them to using gamma rays which allowed them to see through the lead without damaging the bones.]]> 2016-09-16 14:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124358931 14. Why did the scientists replace the oxygen in the coffins with argon, an inert gas? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124359385 They did this so that the bones and flesh would not crumble. In their original attempt, they did not do this and that caused the bones and flesh to disintegrate. With argon this would not happen.]]> 2016-09-16 14:27:08 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124359385 15. Why were the coffins scanned with infrared light? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124359902 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 14:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124359902 16. Why were the coffins difficult to move? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124360427 They were difficult to move because they weighed a lot. The largest one, for example, weighed 1500 pounds.]]> 2016-09-16 14:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124360427 17. Why do you think they moved the baby's coffin first? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124360712 I think this because they wanted to get the lightest thing first. To see if their method of moving the coffins would work, they moved the baby's coffin before the other coffins]]> 2016-09-16 14:29:50 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124360712 1. What parts of the baby's skeleton were missing? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733865 The whole bottom half of the bones were missing. ]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733865 2. Why do insects avoid eating fabric that was attached with copper shroud pins? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733904 The insects avoid it because of the copper shroud pins. They avoid it because the copper would be bad if they happened to take it like they do the fabric, so they just avoid the whole thing.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733904 3. What factors helped the scientist determine the age of the child? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733935 The scientist determined that the age of the child was only five-six months old through the shape of the teeth and development of the body.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733935 4. What may have made the baby's missing bone disappear? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733936 When water would seep in to the coffin it would go the the legs and would cause the bones to deteriorate. That is why there were no legs.,]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733936 5. What diseases did the scientists suspect the baby had? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733937 The scientists suspected that the baby had rickets and also anemia. Many clues led scientists to these conclusions.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:30 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733937 6. What conclusions did the scientist come to concerning the body in the second coffin? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733957 They concluded that the body was slender, had brown hair, and was a woman around the age of 60.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733957 8. What uses did arsenic have in colonial times? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733973 Arsenic was supposedly a medicine back in colonial time. That is what the woman thought, so she took it. Now we know this is a poison and is bad for you.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:32 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124733973 9. How was the man's coffin different from the other two? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734005 The man's coffin was different from the other two because it was much larger and weighed a lot more than them. ]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734005 10. What burial tradition is explained in this section of the book? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734027 The burial tradition explained in the book was that a man and a woman would be buried together if they were married.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734027 11. In what way was the man's burial different than all the others we have read about? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734046 The man's burial was different from the others because they used the embalming method to bury him.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734046 13. How did the team of scientists link the crystal remains to the practice of embalming? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734065 They saw that the way the crystal was and how it was crystal-like, and they concluded they buried him through embalming.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734065 12. In that day, what chemicals were used to make embalming fluid? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734066 In that day, to make embalming fluid they used salt, white powder, herbs, and lime.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:38 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734066 14. What is known about the man in the coffin? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734097 They knew that the man in the coffin died of a sudden illness and was most likely a smoker.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:40 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734097 15. What happened in the experiment to capture the air? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734101 They scanned the man and then therefore captured the air of the past and saw that it was embalming air.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:41 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734101 16. What did the Carbon-13 results show? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734119 The Carbon-13 results showed that they had lived in America for a while and had eaten a lot of corn.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:42 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734119 17. Who was most likely the man in the lead coffin? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734139 The man in the lead coffin was most likely Philip Calvert.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734139 18. What is known about Philip Calvert? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734153 Philip was very rich and smoked a lot. This was known about him in the text.]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:44 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734153 19. Who were the people in the other two coffins? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734171 The people in the other two coffins were Anne Calvert and Philip and Jane's daughter]]> 2016-09-19 13:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124734171 7. What trace elements were found in the lady's hair when the nuclear reactor was used? michael_bowdoin https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124742760 When the nuclear reactor was used, the scientists found the that the lady had arsenic, a poison, in the hair.]]> 2016-09-19 13:55:33 UTC https://padlet.com/michael_bowdoin/ui3uxpmfw59l/wish/124742760