ANT205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ground-Penetrating Radar, Line Search, Total Station
Document Summary
Ant205 lecture 4 locating & recovering human. Search area: all terrain to be searched: burial site: grave itself, along with localized disturbance, grave: pit used for burial. Search indicators: abnormalities used to detect burial site. Involvement of authorities: accidental discovery, construction, archaeological sites. Historical cemeteries: sometimes forensic, hikers/hunters/kids, recent remains, organized searches tip from informant, disappearance, follow-up on found remains. Objectives of death scene investigation: main objectives, documentation, preservation. If discovered by untrained people site disturbed: context destroyed, prevent further loss, collecting evidence destroys scene, plan of action. Increased probability of collecting all evidence: greater accuracy in evidence collection, recovery of the maximum amount of skeletal remains, document relationships between objects, prevention of post-mortem damage to remains. Figure out accessibility of personnel and equipment: preliminary investigation, reconnaissance, off-site investigation to evaluate physical location and jurisdiction, need legal permission to search land, planning, search operation, briefing and search procedures, mapping & recovery. Search strategy formulated, logistics set up, resources assembled.
