Our expert is a leading "bone" physical anthropologist. DNA would 
probably have to done by someone else but, of course, it might be a 
possibility.

Bob Schuyler

At 07:19 AM 3/28/2009, you wrote:
>  Why no DNA? This is not in regard to the Irish however.
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>I have been thinking a lot about the Native groups that melted into 
>mainstream society to avoid being enslaved in the 18th and 19th 
>centuries in SC (and the Southeast) lately, and their descendants 
>who are trying to reclaim their heritage today. Seems to me that if 
>every one who claims to be an Indian did a DNA test, and every 
>skeleton "sitting on a shelf" in some curation facility was tested, 
>a direct connection could be made, putting the question to rest. It 
>seems to me that this would be a positive thing. Have I missed the debate?
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>Carl Steen
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>Is there anyone on the Philadelphia Archaeological Group or other
>groups who might help them with the excavation??  If so, AFTER the
>excavation Janet Monge, our skeletal person, would certainly be
>interested in analyzing the bones (with the exception of DNA). We can
>not get involved in the excavation stage (either as the official
>sponsor or fiscally) because we are already involved in our own
>project. We have no resources for such a dig.?
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert L. Schuyler <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Sent: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 4:43 pm
>Subject: Re: Secrets of mass grave revealed
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>I also watched the TV story here in Philadelphia. The historians who
>have been made "guardians" of the bones by the DA of Chester County
>have now contacted the physical anthropologists at Penn. They admit
>they have no idea what they are doing in regard to:?
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>(1) excavating the site, and (2) then analyzing the remains, and they
>have asked for help.?
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>Is there anyone on the Philadelphia Archaeological Group or other
>groups who might help them with the excavation??  If so, AFTER the
>excavation Janet Monge, our skeletal person, would certainly be
>interested in analyzing the bones (with the exception of DNA). We can
>not get involved in the excavation stage (either as the official
>sponsor or fiscally) because we are already involved in our own
>project. We have no resources for such a dig.?
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>If there is some other institution or person at an institution, an
>archaeologist, who can help please let me know. It is important that
>these historians did ask for help. The TV story was a bit of a
>shocker but no major disaster yet.?
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>Except for the digging part this project is 99% physical anthropology.?
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>Bob Schuyler?
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>At 03:28 PM 3/27/2009, you wrote:?
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> >Interesting story, but certainly doesn't appear to be
> >archaeology.  My view of their website indicates that these are
> >amateur excavations by a history professor and his reverend
> >brother.  I am troubled by any story that starts with "we pulled a
> >skull from the ground."?
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> >Bob Genheimer?
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> >George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology?
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> >Cincinnati Museum Center?
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> >1301 Western Avenue?
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> >Cincinnati, Ohio 45203?
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> >513-455-7169 fax?
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> >From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of geoff?
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> >carver?
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> >Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 3:51 AM?
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> >Subject: Secrets of mass grave revealed?
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> >Interesting little report on a small piece of history: a mass grave,?
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> >possibly of Irish immigrant railway construction workers, possibly victims?
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> >of cholera or cholera-induced anti-immigrant hysteria:?
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> >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/foyle_and_west/ 
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>Robert L. Schuyler?
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