Haphazard’ burial of 400-year-old skeleton from Colonial Maryland points to tragic fate of ‘indentured’ teenager

Archaeologists in Maryland have unearthed the skeleton of a teenage boy who could have been an early colonist who voyaged to the New World round 400 years in the past.

Nevertheless, it seems that the boy did not get a typical burial. When the researchers took a more in-depth have a look at the skeletal stays of the adolescent, who was of European heritage and sure died between 14 and 16 years of age, they seen sure bodily traits that did not align with common burial practices, significantly with how the physique was positioned, in accordance with the researchers.