ANTHROP 3FA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Line Search, Ground-Penetrating Radar, Metal Detector
9 Jan 2016
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Not forensically significant unless due to vandalism, looting, etc. Cemetery remains: not forensically significant if uncovered due to significant items like lithics, pottery, other artifacts. erosion/weather or displaced during exhumation. Forensically significant when there is vandalism, body snatching, or theft. grave. Context and characteristics: proximity to the cemetary, could be a disturbed. Taphonomy of burial coffins; hardware, hinges, handles, etc. o. Trophy skulls: can be collected by visitors or soldiers from many parts of the world. Look at ancestry, condition, commemorative mark/alteration. bones. screws, or have the skull cap cut. Medical specimens may be varnished, bleached, articulated with bolts and. Secret societies: biologial supply stores, medical facilities that have processed. Private collectors and artists: human remains used in art. Commercially cremated remains: forensically significant if found in an acquired through smuggling. i. e. tibetan ritual skulls, catholic relics of saints, etc. unexpected or public location. Crematorium at 900c, campfire at 300-500c. if not significant.
