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The excavation of the human skeletal remains from the Old Sydney Burial Ground, Sydney Town Hall
ARTICLE IN PRESS Abstracts / HOMO — Journal of Comparative Human Biology 60 (2009) 239–290
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the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Data for South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland are not available as these states are yet to fully subscribe to this data base. The results indicate significant differences in the three key variables by State as well as differences in the nature and quality of the data. The discussion will explore the implications of these differences and suggestions will be made for the future collection of forensic data. 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.02.053
The excavation of the human skeletal remains from the Old Sydney Burial Ground, Sydney Town Hall K.B. Hendrix (Bioarchaeologist and Consultant to Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd.), [email protected]
The City of Sydney has recently undertaken upgrade work at the Sydney Town Hall, including the construction of a basement under the western half of the ground floor Peace Hall. The Sydney Town Hall built between the 1860 and 1880s overlies one of Australia’s oldest burial grounds the Old Sydney Burial Ground in use between 1792 and 1820. The current upgrade work impacts upon the western part of the cemetery and a program for documentation and the recovery of graves that would be disturbed during this work has been undertaken by Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd. since 2007. A total of 73 graves have been excavated and removed from the site during 2008. Of these 33 held at least some human skeletal remains with significant variability in skeletal preservation and condition. This project has provided a valuable opportunity to describe the excavation process of the human skeletons in a unique and challenging environment and to discuss the factors that affected the preservation and condition of the skeletal remains. This information along with future work associated to the site will contribute significantly to understanding human skeletal recovery from Australian burial sites. 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.02.054
A history of endemic cretinism with special reference to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia B.S. Hetzel (International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia), [email protected]
The term ‘cretin’ is a corruption of the French ‘Chretien’, which was used in the medieval world to denote dwarfs who were mentally retarded. These individuals were
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the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. Data for South Australia, Western Australia and Queensland are not available as these states are yet to fully subscribe to this data base. The results indicate significant differences in the three key variables by State as well as differences in the nature and quality of the data. The discussion will explore the implications of these differences and suggestions will be made for the future collection of forensic data. 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.02.053
The excavation of the human skeletal remains from the Old Sydney Burial Ground, Sydney Town Hall K.B. Hendrix (Bioarchaeologist and Consultant to Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd.), [email protected]
The City of Sydney has recently undertaken upgrade work at the Sydney Town Hall, including the construction of a basement under the western half of the ground floor Peace Hall. The Sydney Town Hall built between the 1860 and 1880s overlies one of Australia’s oldest burial grounds the Old Sydney Burial Ground in use between 1792 and 1820. The current upgrade work impacts upon the western part of the cemetery and a program for documentation and the recovery of graves that would be disturbed during this work has been undertaken by Casey & Lowe Pty Ltd. since 2007. A total of 73 graves have been excavated and removed from the site during 2008. Of these 33 held at least some human skeletal remains with significant variability in skeletal preservation and condition. This project has provided a valuable opportunity to describe the excavation process of the human skeletons in a unique and challenging environment and to discuss the factors that affected the preservation and condition of the skeletal remains. This information along with future work associated to the site will contribute significantly to understanding human skeletal recovery from Australian burial sites. 10.1016/j.jchb.2009.02.054
A history of endemic cretinism with special reference to Papua New Guinea and Indonesia B.S. Hetzel (International Council for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorders, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia), [email protected]
The term ‘cretin’ is a corruption of the French ‘Chretien’, which was used in the medieval world to denote dwarfs who were mentally retarded. These individuals were