Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland (Exceptional Social Studies Titles for Intermediate Grades)

by Sally M. Walker

Hardcover, 2009

Library's review

Just as forensic science can help solve crimes, it can also help us to understand our past. is is a look at how scientists used modern techniques to unlock the clues of the past in Jamestown, Virginia, and in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay area

Tags

NCSS Standards Theme--Culture, NCSS Standards Theme--Time-Continuity-Change, NCSS Standards Theme--Science-Technology-Society, History-Life and Culture in the Americas, Reading Level-Middle (6-8)Reading Level-High (9-12), Reading Level-Middle (6-8), Reading Level-High (9-12)

Genres

Lexile

L

Collection

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People

Publication

Carolrhoda Books ® (2009), Edition: Illustrated, 144 pages

Description

This book reports on the work of forensic scientists who are excavating grave sites in James Fort, in Jamestown, Virginia, to understand the people who lived in the Chesapeake Bay area in the 1600s and 1700s.

Awards

Language

English

Original language

English

Pages

144

Physical description

144 p.; 10.6 inches

ISBN

9780822571353

DDC/MDS

614.17

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