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Victims of Ireland's great famine : the bioarchaeology of mass burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse
The Great Famine (1845-1852) is a watershed in Irish history. With one million dead and just as many forced to flee hunger, starvation, and disease, Irelands 'Great Hunger' is among the worst famines in human history. In 2006, a mass burial ground containing the skeletal remains of near 1,...
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| Document Type: | Online Resource Book |
| Language: | English |
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Gainesville
: University Press of Florida
, Mai 2016
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| Series: | Bioarchaeological interpretations of the human past: local, regional, and global perspectives
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| Online Access: | http://proxy.fid-lizenzen.de/han/upso-ebooks-altertum/dx.doi.org/10.5744/florida/9780813061177.001.0001 |
| Author Notes: | Jonny Geber |
| E-Book Packages: | Oxford University Press : Florida Scholarship Online / Archaeology Collection |
| Summary: | The Great Famine (1845-1852) is a watershed in Irish history. With one million dead and just as many forced to flee hunger, starvation, and disease, Irelands 'Great Hunger' is among the worst famines in human history. In 2006, a mass burial ground containing the skeletal remains of near 1,000 of its victims was found on the grounds of the former Kilkenny Union Workhouse. This book presents bioarchaeological analysis of these findings along with historical research on the burial ground and the people buried within it. |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (1 online resource) |
| ISBN: | 9780813051475 |
