ANTH 2014 Lecture : ANTH 2014 Class Notes Until 2/24/14
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Archaeology what is a forensic anthropologist? a physical anthropologist who works in an applied area of physical anthropology in what is known as medico-legal context. For. anthropologists debate findings in public forums ,ie, courts of law expert witnesses main job of forensic anthropologist: Can determine if death is from accident ,suicide, homicide, natural causes , or unknown (no autopsy) attended death- under care of physician. Unattended death unexpected- perhaps result of trauma or no physician present to render opinion accidents , homicides , sudden illness medical examiner vs. coroner. Medical examiner has coroners but, louisiana has just a coroner system. Louisiana has no medical examiner system , each parish has a coroner who is elected by the citizens of the parish. Codis(combined dna index system) and namus (national unidentified missing person database) 2. diploe-trabecular or spongy bone in between the layers.
