Warren Perry at Central Connecticut State University might be a good person to ask. He has been involved with the African burial ground project in New York.
Jason R. Mancini, Senior Researcher
Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center
110 Pequot Trail, Mashantucket, CT 06338
tel. (860) 396-6802 fax (860) 396-6914
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From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dan Allen
Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 2:34 PM
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Subject: african burial patterns
Anyone on the list familiar with a burial tradition reputedly brought by slaves from Africa that involved driving a wooden dowel or pin into the head of the deceased prior to burial?
dan allen
cumberland research group, inc.