ANTH 3420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Artificial Cranial Deformation, Hyoid Bone, Bone
22 Sep 2016
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Anth 3420 establishing the forensic context - 20/09/16. Forensic: within the last 50 years historic: 50 years ago to. Indicators of time period: state of preservation of the remains, body modification, personal belongings/artifacts, nature of the burial, location of the remains. Soft tissue preservation does not necessarily indicate that remains are forensic remains could be mummified, embalmed, or frozen. Adiopocere is a soap-like substance consisting of fatty acids an example of this is the. Differing tissues show differing resistance to decay teeth, enamel, fingernails, and hair are more resistant to decay as is cortical bone. Hard tissue preservation: colour (bones are normally a yellowish to ivory colour, when bleached white the bones were in the sun for a long period of time and are more likely to be o forensic significance. Bones dyed red tend to be covered in red ochre. Bones that are slightly green could have come into contact with copper.
