You'd also need - at a minimum - a permit from the local Board of Health for exhumation, if you were planning on attempting any removal of the remains for DNA analysis (which could be a stretch, depending on acidity of soils).



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There are only two likely places to look for her buried remains:



(1) beside her husband's grave in Salem



(2) near/under her memorial stone in the old North Andover burying ground



An archaeologist skilled in the use of geophysical prospecting methods (ground penetrating radar) can quickly assess the probabilities at both locations (if permission to do the research can be obtained); nevertheless, some fairly expensive excavation would be necessary to examine any potential burials (and possibly recover DNA samples to make a positive identification).





On 3/16/2018 4:54 PM, Megan Bailey wrote:

> Hello,

>

> I'm passing along a question from a historian friend who's working on a project to identify where the poet Anne Bradstreet is buried; she wanted to know about archaeological methods that might be useful in doing this project. She wrote:

>

> My colleague and I are proposing a summer research project to find her burial site. We'll research in local historical societies--using maps and deeds, etc--to make a few educated guesses about her burial site. If we did pinpoint a couple of good guesses, what would we need to do next to find out if her body is there? She was buried in 1672. I know the odds of tracking down her burial site are slim already--but, I feel like I should ask: are we living in a complete fantasy land here? Or is there a way to find a body that has been buried for over 300 years?

>

> Any input from those experienced with burial sites would be much appreciated!

>

> Best,

> Megan

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