Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town

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dc.contributor.advisorSealy, Judithen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorCox, Glendaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-10-25T16:59:07Z
dc.date.available2015-10-25T16:59:07Z
dc.date.issued1999en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 215-239.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe Cobern Street site was shown to be a burial ground only in 1994, when a number of skeletons were disinterred prior to building operations. Attempts to locate documentary records of the burials have been unsuccessful, and we do not know who these people were. The lack of documentary records is unusual, and suggests that Cobern Street may have been the burial ground for lower-class citizens. From the history of the site, and the few items buried with the bodies, we can deduce that they are eighteenth century burials. As part of the investigation into the identity of these people five techniques of dietary tracing have been applied to 53 of the excavated skeletons, and are reported in this thesis. Analysis of different skeletal elements has allowed us to reconstruct the life histories of some of these people. Of particular interest are several skeletons with filed teeth. This practice is not known from the Cape, but is common further north in Africa. Isotopic analysis of teeth and long bones from the skeletons with decorated teeth show that these individuals were of tropical origin, from diverse areas, and are likely to be slaves brought to the Cape.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationCox, G. (1999). <i>Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14289en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCox, Glenda. <i>"Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14289en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCox, G. 1999. Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Cox, Glenda AB - The Cobern Street site was shown to be a burial ground only in 1994, when a number of skeletons were disinterred prior to building operations. Attempts to locate documentary records of the burials have been unsuccessful, and we do not know who these people were. The lack of documentary records is unusual, and suggests that Cobern Street may have been the burial ground for lower-class citizens. From the history of the site, and the few items buried with the bodies, we can deduce that they are eighteenth century burials. As part of the investigation into the identity of these people five techniques of dietary tracing have been applied to 53 of the excavated skeletons, and are reported in this thesis. Analysis of different skeletal elements has allowed us to reconstruct the life histories of some of these people. Of particular interest are several skeletons with filed teeth. This practice is not known from the Cape, but is common further north in Africa. Isotopic analysis of teeth and long bones from the skeletons with decorated teeth show that these individuals were of tropical origin, from diverse areas, and are likely to be slaves brought to the Cape. DA - 1999 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 1999 T1 - Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town TI - Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14289 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/14289
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCox G. Cobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Town. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Science ,Department of Archaeology, 1999 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/14289en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherArchaeologyen_ZA
dc.titleCobern Street burial ground : investigating the identity and life histories of the underclass of eighteenth century Cape Townen_ZA
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