Special Issue Editor: James T. Pokines

Published: 2025-10-08

Excavation, Archaeological Context, and Historical Background of the Nineteenth-Century Winchester Anatomized Site, Massachusetts

James T. Pokines, Ellen Knight, Claudia Scialdone Méndez, Tara L. Moore
Abstract

In November 2020, an unmarked deposit of mostly disarticulated human remains was accidentally uncovered and partially dispersed by heavy...

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Juvenile Remains from the Winchester Anatomized Site, Massachusetts

Megan A. Hill Keane, Bailey Borreson, James T. Pokines
Abstract

A large burial assemblage of fragmented human and nonhuman remains and associated artifacts was disturbed during house construction and...

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The Overall Biological Profile of Adult Remains from the Winchester Anatomized Site, Massachusetts

Bailey Borreson, James T. Pokines
Abstract

The present research examined the biological profile of an anatomized human skeletal assemblage discovered in Winchester, Massachusetts...

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Taphonomic Changes of the Skeletal Remains from the Winchester Anatomized Site, Massachusetts

Kacy Swift, James T. Pokines
Abstract

The present research examined the taphonomic effects of anatomized human skeletal remains discovered in a burial feature underneath a...

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Sources of Sharp-Force Trauma of the Winchester Anatomized Site Assemblage, Massachusetts

James T. Pokines, Elena Mazza
Abstract

Sites where anatomized remains (those subjected to dissection and surgical practice, often with a population derived disproportionately from...

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Nonhuman Remains from the Winchester Anatomized Site, Massachusetts

Claudia Scialdone Méndez, James T. Pokines
Abstract

The present research examined the nonhuman skeletal remains associated with anatomized human skeletal remains from a burial site in Winchester,...

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