Written in Bone Test Review

Which state is NOT part of the Chesapeake bay region?

• North Carolina

• Delaware

• Maryland

• Virginia

Areas colored differently than the surrounding soil which allow archaeologists to locate graves are...

• top soil

• sub soil

• soil stains

• grave shafts

Which of these steps comes first in excavating a grave?

• remove soil from the grave shaft

• take photographs of the soil stains of the grave shaft

• place soil in buckets

• sift grave shaft soil through a mesh screen to find artifacts

What was the purpose of the Jamestown Rediscovery Project?

• to find the location of the James Fort

• to find the grave of Pocahontas

• to restore a cemetery in Maryland

• to find the foundation of the St. Mary's City chapel

Why did the scientists at the Jamestown project think that the man in the grave was Bartholomew Gosnold?

• the man was buried with a captain's leading staff

• he was buried in sandy soil

• his grave was marked with a cobble

• he was buried in a lead coffin

Which of these in NOT true of indentured servants in colonial America?

• an indentured servant signed a contract to work for a specified number of years (usually seven)

• the landowner paid the servants' passage to America

• each indentured servant was paid $50 each week in wages

• an indentured servant could be sold to another owner

What was unique about the body in the large lead coffin compared to the other burials discussed in the book?

• the body was buried on an island

• the body was embalmed

• the body was missing a leg bone

• the body was buried in a cellar

In determining the age of a skeleton, scientists will look at the ends of the long bones, called ___________, to see if they are fused.

• joints

• caps

• epiphyses

• shafts

For the time period of colonization, very little historical record exists. Therefore, historians depend on oral tradition to help fill in gaps of information. Oral tradition is...

• stories that pass by word of mouth from one generation to the next

• documents written by people of the past

• the time or period before recorded or written history

• one's family or ethic background, family descent

Colonists in America were usually buried in

• a burial garment

• ordinary clothing

• a shroud

• none of these