The United States–Mexican War Soldiers of Greenwood Island, Mississippi: An Historical, Archaeological, and Bioarchaeological Analysis
| Autor: | Marie Elaine Danforth, Jennifer Lynn Funkhouser, D. C. Martin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Archeology
History geography 060101 anthropology geography.geographical_feature_category media_common.quotation_subject Immigration Fell Context (language use) 06 humanities and the arts Archaeology humanities 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Spanish Civil War Battlefield 0601 history and archaeology 030212 general & internal medicine Manifest destiny Historical record Sound (geography) media_common |
| Zdroj: | Historical Archaeology. 50:92-114 |
| ISSN: | 2328-1103 0440-9213 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/bf03379201 |
| Popis: | The analysis of the remains of six soldiers recovered on the Mississippi Sound represents one of the few bioarchaeological studies of soldiers from the USA-Mexican War (1846–1848), a time of Manifest Destiny coupled with extensive immigration. The soldiers at Camp Jefferson Davis do not represent those who fell during fighting, but, most likely, those who died from dysentery, which was rampant during the war. Overall, results of analysis closely mirrored expectations based on historical records. All were young adult males of European ancestry. They were of average stature and exhibited typical rates of nutritional deficiencies and childhood-growth disruptions for the time. The soldiers showed evidence of robust physical activity, but trauma was relatively rare, with only one possible battlefield injury seen. When the findings are situated in historical context, they provide unique insight into health conditions of both the military and civilian components of American society during the mid-19th century. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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