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Fairmont State University’s Kristy Henson, assistant professor of forensic science, and sophomore, Alexandra Knighten, have been chosen to participate in a bioarchaeology excavation with the Institute for Research and Learning of Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (IRLAB) in May.

IRLAB has been selected by Wiki Ezvid among Ohio’s best educational organizations.

Fairmont State University’s Kristy Henson, assistant professor of forensic science, and sophomore, Alexandra Knighten, have been chosen to participate in a bioarchaeology excavation with the Institute for Research and Learning of Archaeology and Bioarchaeology (IRLAB) in May.

Fairmont State professor, student to participate in human remain excavation

Archaeologists look for Irish Immigrants who died of cholera while building the Ohio Canal. Then, we'll take a look at the care and tending of the oldest cemeteries in Columbus, plus Green Lawn Abbey preservation.

Central Ohio Cemeteries

Boise State University, Anthropology Department Newsletter, page 6 (Boise, ID)

Students Experience Field School in Altopascio, Italy

Archaeologists look for Irish Immigrants who died of cholera while building the Ohio Canal. Then, we'll take a look at the care and tending of the oldest cemeteries in Columbus, plus Green Lawn Abbey preservation.

Bioarcheologist shares tales from excavation in Italy

Ritrovate vicino a Lucca antiche ossa sepolte, che raccontano la storia delle epidemie più importanti dei secoli scorsi.

La vita in Toscana ai tempi del colera

A team of archaeologists and other researchers hope that an ancient graveyard in Italy can yield clues about the deadly bacterium that causes cholera.

An Italian cemetery may provide clues on cholera’s evolution

The third cholera pandemic in recorded history—and the deadliest—began in India sometime in the mid-1800s, making its way across Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Americas throughout the 1850s. By the time it subsided in 1860, the pandemic had killed more than a million people around the world—which, luckily for Clark Larsen, included the victims buried in the mass grave at Badia Pozzeveri, an ancient church in the small town of Altopascio, Italy.

Hunting for germs in an ancient graveyard