![]() ![]() “I am looking to reconstruct the lifestyles, diet, and causes of death of this historical population, as well as identifying the environmental factors that influenced their lives. Because he is focused on the soil, he has found traces of elements and metals that indicate the diets of the individuals. Utilizing the soil Howard University recovered from the initial excavation, Clinton is performing a bacterial DNA, soil chemistry and geospatial analysis of the New York African Burial Ground, the largest site of free and enslaved Africans in the country, which existed during the 17th and 18th centuries. Montague Cobb Research Interdisciplinary Laboratory, which coordinated a historical, anthropological and biological examination of each body and the world they toiled and died in.Ĭarter Clinton will present an oral presentation on his research during the Howard University Research Week on Friday, April 12 at 10 a.m., at the Interdisciplinary Research Building (IRB) at 2201 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20059. In 1991, there were 419 unearthed remains sent to Howard University’s W. His discovery comes 27 years after the discovery of more than 15,000 African bodily remains, that were buried into graves 24-feet deep underneath the bustling Lower Manhattan, New York area. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Clinton focuses his doctoral research at Howard University on the soil of the burial ground where the enslaved Africans were laid to rest. ![]() WASHINGTON (April 9, 2019) – A new discovery regarding the diets of enslaved Africans has been made by Howard University’s 2017-18 Just Julian Scholar, Carter Clinton through research at the New York African Burial Grounds. ![]()
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