ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Post-Mortem Interval, Pickup Truck, Taphonomy
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=what happened between time or death and time of discovery. Where and how the body was found. Tip or testimony, ie. , what was done to the body? (manner of death maybe) Elapsed time since death = postmortem interval (pmi) Used stick and stir to break up body parts. Defense claims defendant didn"t kill victim, he moved body. Trauma caused by dragging victim between behind pick-up truck on gravel road. No erosion of bone on back of skull, no gravel pitting or embedded gravel. Ball and socket (eg, hip) hang on long, b/c more ligaments. Porcupines and squirrels : may carry up trees. Soil erosion (ph of soil: alkaline in on, acidic in bc) No weathering until after 1 year of death. Falling apart, easily broken 6-15 years or more. Staining from metal: green = copper / orange = iron. Am alternation relate to process of death = trauma.
