Victims of Ireland's Great Famine: The Bioarchaeology of Mass Burials at Kilkenny Union Workhouse

by Jonny Geber

Book Overview

With one million dead, and just as many forced to emigrate, the Irish Famine (1845-52) is among the worst health calamities in history. In 2006, archaeologists discovered a mass burial containing the remains of nearly 1,000 Kilkenny Union workhouse inmates. In the first bioarchaeological study of Great Famine victims, Jonny Geber uses skeletal analysis to tell the story of how and why the Irish Famine decimated the lowest levels of nineteenth century...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813061172
• ISBN13: 9780813061177
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"