African Burial Ground - Final Reports



National Park Service Draft Management Recommendations Report
Cover Page	303 KB
Table of Contents and Summary	73 KB
Chapter 1	184 KB
Chapter 2	227 KB
Chapter 3	154 KB
Chapter 4	261 KB
Chapter 5	156 KB
Chapter 6	103 KB
Chapter 7	227 KB
Bibliography	48 KB


Introduction to the Electronic Versions of the African Burial Final Reports The African Burial Ground, rediscovered in 1991 by the General Services Administration (GSA), is of unparalleled significance to America’s heritage. In recognition of the need to provide for in-depth research and analysis of the site not only in response to the requirements of federal law, but because of the great public, community, and scholarly interest in the site and its history, GSA therefore contracted Howard University over the past decade to conduct intense research and analysis into the history, bioanthropology, and archaeology of the African Burial Ground site. Howard University, working with noted scholars and researchers throughout the United States, planned three technical reports, one emphasizing the historical context of the cemetery, one analyzing the bioanthropology of the African Burial Ground and the individuals interred therein, and one discussing the archaeology of the site. GSA and Howard University are pleased to provide electronic copies of all three component reports – the African Burial Ground Final History Report, the African Burial Ground Final Skeletal Biology Report, and the African Burial Ground Final Archaeology Report. The reports present the results of three separate but complementary avenues of research and analysis—historical, bioanthropological, and archaeological. GSA expects that bound copies of the individual technical reports will be available in the fall of 2006. GSA recognizes that the three technical reports provide a large volume of information spread over many scientific disciplines, and that synthesis of this data is essential to a complete understanding of the site. GSA, again working with Howard University, plans to publish a single, integrated volume. This integrated report will summarize and unite the complementary data provided in the three component reports. Upon its completion, the integrated report will be made available both electronically and in formal bound volumes. Finally, because the information contained within the three component reports and the planned integrated report is technical and directed primarily towards the scientific community, GSA is also working with Howard University to produce a document for the wide-spread use of the public and the educational community. This document, or “popular report,” will showcase the history and story of the African Burial Ground as learned through the historical, bioanthropolgoical, and archaeological research in a manner accessible to all interested individuals. GSA expects the integrated report and the popular report to be completed in the winter and spring of 2007, respectively.

The documents listed below are Adobe PDF Files. Please note that some of these files are large and may take a considerable amount of time to download over low-bandwidth (dial-up or equivalent) connections. Printed versions of the report are available for review at the OPEI library and can be accessed by visiting the: African Burial Ground Project Office of Public Education and Interpretation (OPEI) 290 Broadway New York, NY 10007 Tel. 212-637-2039

Archaeology Report - Volume I
Table of Contents and Acknowledgements	500 KB
Chapter 1. Introduction	2,287 KB
Figure 1.7	733 KB
Chapter 2. Documentary Evidence on the Origin and use of the African Burial Ground	6,804 KB
Chapter 3. The Archaeological Site	3,187 KB
Chapter 4. Relative Dating	1,665 KB
Chapter 5. Overview of Mortuary Population, Burial Practices, and Spatial Distribution	1,587 KB
Chapter 6. The Early Group	2,807 KB
Chapter 7. The Middle Group	3,854 KB
Chapter 8. The Late-Middle Group	2,585 KB
Chapter 9. The Late Group	2,751 KB
Chapter 10. Coffins	2,994 KB
Chapter 11. Pins and Shrouds	2,118 KB
Chapter 12. Buttons and Fasteners	5,054 KB
Chapter 13. Beads and other Adornment	1,440 KB
Chapter 14. Burials with Coins, Shells, Pipes and Other Items	1,427 KB
Chapter 15. Conclusion and Epilogue	745 KB
References	370 KB

Archaeology Report - Volume II
Descriptions of Burials 1 - 50 (includes Volume title page and 'Notes on the Drawings')	4,211 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 51 through 100	4,440 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 101 through 150	4,056 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 151 through 200	5,621 KB

Archaeology Report - Volume III
Descriptions of Burials 201 - 250 (includes Volume title page and 'Notes on the Drawings')	4,957 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 251 through 300	4,781 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 301 through 350	5,504 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 351 through 400	5,340 KB
Descriptions of Burials - 400 through 435	2,337 KB

Archaeology Report - Volume IV
Appendices (Cover Page)	188 KB
Appendix A: Documents	21,923 KB
Appendix B: Site Datum Points	410 KB
Appendix C: Basic Burial Data	108 KB
Appendix D: Site Excavation Forms	6,045 KB
Appendix E: Inventory of Non-Skeletal Material from Graves and Grave Shafts	1,368 KB
Appendix F: Analysis of Local Stoneware and Kiln Furniture from the Grave Shafts	3,035 KB
Appendix G: Specialized Analyses of Plant Remains	21,335 KB
Appendix H: Structure of Databases	104 KB
Appendix I: Stratigraphically Related Burials: Series Charts	506 KB
Appendix J: Supplemental Coffin Data	1,795 KB

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History Final Report
Table of Contents and Overview	86 KB
History Final Report	7,521 KB

Skeletal Biology Final Report - Volume I
Table of Contents	201 KB
Chapter 1 - Introduction	2,431 KB
Chapter 2 - History and Comparison of Bioarchaeological Studies in the African Diaspora	668 KB
Chapter 3 - Theory: An Ethical Epistemology of Publicly Engaged Biocultural Research	122 KB
Chapter 4 - Laboratory Organization, Methods, and Processes	2,368 KB
Chapter 5 - Origins of the New York African Burial Ground Population: Biological Evidence of Lineage and Population Affiliation using Genetics, Craniometrics, and Dental Morphology	1,202 KB
Chapter 6 - Isotopic and Elemental Chemistry of Teeth: Implications for Places of Birth, Forced Migration Patterns, Nutritional Status and Pollution	1,349 KB
Chapter 7 - Demographic Overview of the African Burial Ground and Colonial Africans of New York	288 KB
Chapter 8 - Childhood Health and Dental Development	1,316 KB
Chapter 9 - Odontological Indicators of Disease, Diet, and Nutritional Inadequacy	632 KB
Chapter 10 - Osteological Indicators of Infectious Disease and Nutritional Inadequacy	2,717 KB
Chapter 11 - Skeletal Indicators of Work: Musculoskeletal, Arthritic and Traumatic Effects	2,571 KB
Chapter 12 - Subadult Growth and Development	288 KB
Chapter 13 - The Political Economy of Forced Migration: Sex Ratios, Mortality, Population, Growth and Fertility among Africans in Colonial New York	213 KB
Chapter 14 - Discussion	131 KB
Bibliography	286 KB

Skeletal Biology Final Report - Volume II
Vol. II Cover Page; Disclaimer and Funding Acknowledgement; and Table of Contents	123 KB
Appendix A Cover Page; Research Design Subcommittee Statement	315 KB
ABG Anthropological Peer Review Panel Report	3,609 KB
Appendix B Cover Page; NYABGP Skeletal Analysis Forms	6,737 KB
Appendix C Cover Page; Preservation Status Codes for NYABG Burials	660 KB
Section IV Cover Page; Burial Illustrations with Descriptions	42,201 KB