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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2015 | Middle To High Schoool
Gr 5–7—Readers' interest in this volume will be piqued from the stunning cover image of a 200-year-old skull. The book explains how archaeologists in Albany, NY, excavated a slave cemetery and analyzed artifacts using DNA evidence, soil testing, and historical puzzle-solving. Though the science and technology are sophisticated, the descriptions are written in plain, accessible language. The organ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2015
In 2005, while laying a sewer line, workers discovered a slave cemetery near Albany, New York; this book describes what a team of bioarchae...Log In or Sign Up to Read More