Object Details
- Collector
- Jamestown Rediscovery (Preservation Virginia)
- Summary
- Non-destructive Micro CT imaging revealed seven bone fragments alongside the lead ampulla within the silver box. Forensic anthropologists at the National Museum of Natural History have studied the virtual data and feel that the bone fragments are most likely human. This is further evidence that the silver box is a reliquary.
- Site Name
- Historic Jamestowne
- Data Source
- NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
- Credit Line
- The Jamestown Chancel Burial investigation is a collaboration between the Smithsonian's Skeletal Biology Program, the Smithsonian 3D Digitization Program Office and Jamestown Rediscovery.
dpo_3d_200005
DPO
NMNH - Anthropology Dept.