<u>Five years</u> passed between the discovery of three lead coffins at St. Mary's City and the opening of the Written in Bone exhibit at the Smithsonian Institut in Washington, D. C. Five years of investigation began in 1988, led by Henry Miller and Timothy Riordan. The team located the cemetery and excavated 68 burials. Smithsonian forensic anthropologists analyzed the remains. It was the first large systematic study of 17th-century skeletons and burial practices in the Chesapeake.
<h3>What is The Smithsonian Institution?</h3>
The Smithsonian Institution, or simply the Smithsonian, is a group of museums and education and research centers, the largest such complex in the world, created by the U.S. Government "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge".
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