Being and Becoming in Bioarchaeology: Identity and Florida's 1928 Hurricane Victims

In Being and Becoming in Bioarchaeology, Meredith A. B. Ellis considers a mystery box labeled as “1928 Hurricane Victims” at Florida Atlantic University. The small number of bones inside are so decayed that little information can be gleaned about the identities of the skeletal individuals. With the lack of typical bioarchaeological markers, Ellis eventually sees a way to tell meaningful stories about the field of bioarchaeology and about history and the creation of identity.