ANT 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Food Processor, Dentures, Forensic Anthropology
17 Feb 2016
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Over 1 million cremations projected for 2015. Cross-cultural: japan- almost ubiquitous, uk- 75% (same pop. as italy, italy- 14, ghana- 3, population density and space play a role, religious plays a role roman catholic countries don"t cremate as much. By florida law, can"t cremate a body within 48 hours. Cremation process: retort (furnace) incinerates organic components of the body at 1,500- Females- 4 pounds funnel to collect the remains of heating the furnace: wire brushes and scraping devices are used to move the remains into a. Cleaned out quickly and while the furnace is hot due energy costs: put remains into a tumbler which has tools in it that reduce the size (some bones might have been left after incinerator, newer crematoriums. Rotary blade processors- engineered to reduce cremains to less than 200 cubic inches in 30 seconds. Difficult to discern human remains from fragments alone (as.
