Reviews for Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland

The average rating for Written in Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-11-26 00:00:00 Gary Finney bones bones bones bones bones are awesome. and this is a great book for kids who are budding forensic anthropologists. you know you are out there - KIDS, STOP WANTING TO BE ASTRONAUTS - ASTRONAUTS DON'T EVEN EXIST but this book shows all manner of cool stuff - how people were buried, what they were wearing, what they were buried with, what happens to bones over time. it is fascinating that so much of people's lives can be reconstructed just based on their bones: who smoked a pipe, who was what race/gender/religion/socioeconomic class, who had rickets, even the identities of the bodies lying in unmarked graves - HOW COOL IS THAT?? we love bone detectives!they solve the mysteries of "where is this one's head?" and "why was this one just hucked down this crawlspace with this broken crockery??" and "what did this one look like with its skin on?? if my textbooks had been this fun in jr high and high school, i would be way smarter. but i'm not. but at least my bones are still inside my skin - suck on that, jamestown bitches!!! what kid isn't fascinated by skellingtons?? this book treats them like clues, not corpses, and shows how respectful the scientists are as they exhume and examine the bodies. i can only hope that someday i get all dug up by scientists who will piece together my life and will maybe accidentally make it more exciting than it actually is and they will tell young wide-eyed kids i was clearly a racecar president gymnast with big boobs. science!! come to my blog!

Review # 2 was written on 2019-10-27 00:00:00 Jalal H Qazzaz This book is amazing! I honestly loved every second of it! Granted I'm obsessed with skeletons, but that's beside the point. The author worked alongside different groups of archaeologists while they excavated various places settled in colonial America, taking notes, studying, and watching as new discoveries unfolded. It covers multiple digging sites, some in Virginia, and some in Maryland, and through the skeletons, we learn what life was like for the first colonists. One of my favorite things about this book is how simply and thoroughly the author breaks down and explains the science behind everything. It contains a lot of information, so in this case I found it best for me to take my time reading it. It was well worth it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves learning about history, skeletons, early America, or archaeology, ages 10 and up.