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Greg Katz uncovers the foot of amputated limb G.

A small paint brush dusts off dirt of a limb

Greg Katz (Senior Archaeologist, Louis Berger Group) uncovers the foot of amputated limb G. Stephen Potter of the National Park Service led the excavation of a pit of amputated limbs and two complete individuals at Manassas National Battlefield Park from October 19th to 21st, 2015. The excavation was conducted by archaeologists from the National Park Service (Karen Orrence, Marian Creveling, and Brandon Bies), Louis Berger Group (John Bedell, Greg Katz, Erin Godwin, and Julia Elsey), and Skeletal Biology Program from the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History (Douglas Owsley, Kari Bruwelheide, Kathryn Barca, and Kate Sherwood).

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Kate D. Sherwood, Smithsonian Institution.

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Manassas National Battlefield Park, Code: MANA

Smithsonian Institution
Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia
Latitude: 38.8213386535645, Longitude: -77.5307464599609

NPS.gov Collection

10/20/2015

10/20/2015

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Kate D. Sherwood

Kate D. Sherwood

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:54:08 PM

Wednesday, June 20, 2018 1:54:08 PM

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