The project is titled “Dead and Buried: Investigating Changes in Health During the Industrial Revolution”
Two SUNY Plattsburgh faculty members are joining forces with a colleague in England to explore how the Industrial Revolution contributed to the health of those who lived through it. The three-year, multi-million-dollar project between SUNY Plattsburgh and the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, will combine bio-archaeological data from 20,000 human skeletal remains with historical records to explore mortality, chronic illnesses and the lived experience of people during the 18th and 19th centuries. The lead researchers in Plattsburgh are Dr. Justin Lowry and Dr. Gillian Crane-Kramer, associate professors in anthropology. They’ll be joined by Dr. Jo Buckberry from Bradford’s School of Archaeological and Forensic Sciences.
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