Dissertation Research: Post Cranial Skeletal Analysis of Newton Plantation Slaves

当代非洲裔美国人的生物学祖先是从非洲运来的奴隶。巴巴多斯的牛顿种植园是非洲奴隶最大、最早和历史上描述最好的墓地之一。在1660年至1820年期间，大约有100名非洲血统的人被挖掘出来，但最初只有头骨部分被保留下来进行分析。该项目得到巴巴多斯人民和政府通过巴巴多斯博物馆和历史学会的全力支持，旨在恢复80个左右相对完整的成年人的颅后骨骼。结合现代技术的分析可以为人口统计学分析提供关于个人死亡时性别和年龄的更好信息，并表明贫血、与活动有关的关节炎、疾病和营养应激、皮质骨维持和对传染病的骨反应（其中一些，如疟疾和密螺旋体病，可以具体诊断）等病理。 这将大大增加奴隶生活和适应的不充分的历史记录。

The biological ancestry of contemporary African Americans lies in slaves transported from Africa. Among the largest, earliest and historically best described burial grounds of African slaves is that at Newton Plantation, Barbados. About 100 individuals of African ancestry buried between 1660 and 1820 have been excavated here, but originally only the cranial parts were retained for analysis. This project, with the full support of Barbadian people and government through the Barbados Museum and Historical Society, aims to recover the postcranial skeletal elements for the 80 or so relatively complete adult individuals. Analysis incorporating modern techniques can yield better information on the gender and age at death of individuals for demographic analyses, and indicate pathologies such as anemia, activity related arthrosis of the joints, disease and nutrition stress, cortical bone maintenance, and bony reaction to infectious diseases (some of which, such as malaria and treponematoses, can be specifically diagnosed). This will add greatly to the inadequate historical accounts of slave lives and adaptations.