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      St. Vital cemetery (1879-1885) : an osteological and paleopathological assessment

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      Date
      2003
      Author
      Swanston, Treena Marie
      Type
      Thesis
      Degree Level
      Masters
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      Abstract
      In the fall of 1999, human skeletal remains and historic artifacts were discovered on private farmland approximately two kilometres south of the Town of Battleford, Saskatchewan. Document searches and a ground-penetrating radar survey of the property resulted in the discovery that the land was once used as a cemetery for the Catholic Church of St. Vital during the years of 1879 to 1885. Numerous interest groups were brought together in the process of handling this sensitive situation, including the landowners, the Heritage Resource Branch of the Department of Saskatchewan Culture, Youth and Recreation, the Rural Municipality of Battle River, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Prince Albert, and the Battleford Tribal Council. A decision was made to relocate the burials to the current town cemetery. In the meantime, permission was granted for the University of Saskatchewan to play the lead role in the excavation and analysis process. The partial and complete skeletal remains of thirty individuals were recovered, and in addition to a basic osteological analysis of the individuals that included sex determination, age at death and population affinity, a detailed assessment of the pathological conditions was also undertaken. The document and artifact analyses will be the subject of a separate thesis by Colette Hopkins.
      Degree
      Master of Arts (M.A.)
      Department
      Archaeology
      Program
      Archaeology
      Supervisor
      Walker, Ernest G.
      Committee
      Meyer, David; Kennedy, Margaret A.
      Copyright Date
      2003
      URI
      http://hdl.handle.net/10388/etd-01172008-112142
      Subject
      Forensic anthropology
      Forensic osteology
      Historical cemeteries -- Saskatchewan
      Archaeological sites -- Battleford (Saskatchewan)
      Osteological assessment
      Burial sites
      Skeletal remains -- Saskatchewan
      Human remains (Archaeology)
      Paleopathological assessment
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