Snake Hill

Figure 7.1. Site map. Snake Hill. The well-preserved specimen. Burial 8, is to the left of the septic pipe. Other burials sampled in this study are marked with circles. The Lake Erie shore line is to the right, ca. 25 m. (Modified from Pfeiffer and Williamson 1991).

Subsequent investigation into what features might distinguish the femur from Burial 8 initially foeused on the mineral fraction of a selection of Snake Hill femora. Energy dispersive x-ray microanalysis (JEOL JSM-35C SEM equipped with a TN-5500 X-ray analyzer) demonstrated consistent calcium to... 

Figure 7.2. Microradiograpli of Burial 30, periosteal surface at top. Snake Hill bone microradiographs show radiolucent cavities around Haversian canals surrounded by hypermineralized rims, which Baud and Lacotte (1984) argue are characteristic of bacterial colonization.

Figure 7.3. The upper ponion is a montage of photomicrographs of a typical Snake Hill femoral cortex, running from the periosteal (left) to the endosteal (right) surfaces. A dashed line connects the post-mortem crack seen on the gross specimen to the magnified crack in the montage. Letters mark the commonly observed layers A = very thin, well preserved periosteal layer B = cloudy, poorly preserved structures C = relatively well preserved midcortical bone D = poorly preserved endosteal layer. Preservation" in this context refers to visibility of histological structures.

The Snake Hill sample was chosen for this research because the cortical bone had been buried for a known length of time in relatively homogeneous... 

We sincerely thank a number of colleagues at the University of Guelph for their support, noting especially T. Graham, P Sathasivam, and A. Oakes. Access to the Snake Hill material was through our colleagues at Archaeological Services, Inc., Toronto, Ontario, with thanks to R. Williamson. 

Katzenberg, M.A. 1991 Analysis of stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. In Pfeiffer, S. and Williamson, R.F., eds.. Snake Hill An Investigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812. Toronto, Dundrun Press 247-255. 

Schwarcz, Henry P, Linda Gibbs, and Martin Knyf. 1991. Oxygen isotope analysis as an indicator of place of origin. In Snake Hill An Im estigation of a Military Cemetery from the War of 1812. Susan Pfeiffer, and Ron F. Williamson (eds.), pp. 263-268. Toronto Dundurn Press. 

Foeniculum vulgare Hill (Fennel) - R Leaves are used to treat snake bites, roots for treatment of syphilis and as a purgative. Ground... 

Hoop Snakes Hoop snakes are dangerous snakes. When surprised, this snake will grab its tail in its mouth, form a hoop with its body, and roll away. Sometimes the hoop snake will chase a person in this manner, but sometimes the hoop snake will escape from a threat. The strongest of hoop snakes will roll down a hill killing everything in its path. 

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