ANTH 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Pelvic Inlet, Bioarchaeology, Hypoplasia

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTH 1120
• Professor: E.Finnis

Document Summary

Forensic anthropology: refers to the use of anthropological techniques to aid in the identification of recent remains and assist in legal issues. Includes: anthropological techniques, helping to determine characteristics of individuals (aid in identification), even when the remains are damaged. E. g animal scavenging, heat, natural decay, etc: helping to determine minimum number of individuals (mni) and sorting commingled remains. Mass grave situations: determining postmodern interval. How old the individual was when he or she died: sometimes remains are not whole, pickton pig farm. To be a forensic anthropologist you must : be well rounded in osteology, have a clear and detailed understanding of the human skeleton. What they do: assess remains are human, construct a biological profile, assess whether one individual or commingled, age at death, sex, body size, ancestry, unique individual features. Is it human: must know differences, comparisons, practice.