The lost and forgotten : a bioarchaeological analysis of the unidentified human remains of Saint Peter's Church, Perth Amboy, New Jersey, 2015

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis El-R

Identifier: b7667211

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Anthropology program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of university requirements for the Master of Arts degree.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2015

Creator

El-Rehawy, Nora (1989- ) (Author, Person)
Heinrich, Adam (1978- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)
Veit, Richard F. (1968- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

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Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

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Extent

1 Items (print book) : 161 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to analyze a collection of commingled skeletal remains and one articulated burial that were excavated in 1960 from Saint Peter's Episcopal Church in Perth Amboy, New Jersey and determine their probably [sic] identities. Previous scholars believed these remains represented the family members or servants of Scottish Proprietor David Mudie, whose plantation was once where the church currently resides. The purpose of this study is to provide additional information on these remains and shed some light on their everyday lifestyles through the evidence left behind on their bones. Historical evidence was reviewed and various scientific methods were applied including: biochemicial testing (stable isotope analysis), DNA analysis for the sex of one individual, and radiography. Through the evidence within the historical record and within the skeletal assemblage, it is now suggested that these individuals more likely represent persons known as the undesirables and the Redemtioners. Gross examinations also present the first possible case of acromegaly among these skeletal remains.

Partial Contents

Acknowledgements -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Abstract -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Literature review -- 3. Methods and materials -- 4. Results -- 5. Discussions and Conclusions -- Appendix A. Historical background -- Appendix B. Documents and imagaes of the discovery of skeletal remains -- Appendix C. Previous analyses of the skeletal remains of St. Peter's and ancestral assessment methods chart -- Appendix D. Scores given for bone weathering stages and pelvic scoring of the articulated burial and recorded metric data of all the crania, the postcranial remains of the articulated burial, and the postcranial remains of the commingled burial -- Appendix E. Results of biochemical analyses: stable isotope analysis -- Appendix F. Images of skull #1 -- Appendix G. Comparisons of previous analyses and samples -- List of references -- Biographical sketch.