Digging up the past

Before Professor Mack even began this lecture, I was a little disappointed in myself because I am from New York, Brooklyn to be exact, and I knew nothing about this African Burial ground so I was excited that we were going to be taking a trip there. When he talked about people protesting about the digging of the burial ground, I understood their frustration because these people are digging up the past, a sacred ground, but I also understood why they were digging it up. When you go into the past, it provides a lot of unknown information for the present that we never even known so I appreciated this project more than rebelling against it. If i were to visit this exhibit in october, which I will, I'm sure I will learn a lot about our ancestors and the way they were treated just by exhibiting their remains. Looking at someone's skeletel structure tells us a lot about that person and time period than a lot may realize. When we looked at the women's skeleton, we saw that their skull was cracked and this indicated that they carried a lot of heavy things on their head. Their teeth are filed which also gives us more valid information. The fact that these people were buried with their babies and others as well, shows that they were probably buried with their families or just random people. This lecture gave me a lot of information I didn't have before and I can't wait to go to New York and find out even more.