This is a wonderful non-fiction book that looks very closely into forensic anthropology, which is basically the study of skeletons and scientists are able to piece together how they died, how old they were when they died, their nationality and in some cases identify who they were as well as their social standing. The author Mrs. Walker has teamed up with some forensic anthropologists to create a fascinating journey into how the colonists of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland lived and died. My favorite part of the book was the pictures. The pictures were real photographs with captions which supported the text very well. In addition to the photographs, they also provided maps to show the locations of where they were digging. Also, the text was very straight forward and easy to understand. Plus, since there wasn’t a lot on each page because of the pictures and layout, it didn’t seem like you were reading a boring text book. This would be a good book to use in a history class for research and get the kids more engaged in their learning.
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