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VIRTUAL - Healing the Body: How Scientific Archaeology is Revealing the Medicinal Practices of Enslaved Peoples
September 29, 2022 @ 2:00 pm EDT
This is an online event.
Sponsored by: Archaeological Institute of America
Lecturer: Krish Seetah
Enslaved peoples have little voice in this historical record and yet archaeology has immense power to help us better understand lives. This presentation provides insights, based on concrete science, on the palliative strategies of enslaved people from Mauritius, revealing details of how they dealt with the debilitating conditions of their working lives.
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Abridged Series.
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