Evidence excavacated from mass graves and clandestine burials has played an important
role in the international prosecution of human rights abuses as well as in individual criminal …

Vertebrate scavengers frequently affect forensic casework by feeding on human remains or
by scattering body parts and bones. Therefore, animal activity can influence complete …

The excavation of mass graves provides information and documentation for both human
rights work and for forensic medico-legal investigations. Medico-legal documentation for the …

Under normal circumstances, burial of human remains is a common cultural means of
disposal. Human burials also can result from natural phenomena such as animal caching …

Since work began on the first volume Forensic Taphonomy in 1993 (Haglund and Sorg,
1997a), traditional taphonomy and forensic research has undergone significant change …

Historically, the role of the archaeology in forensic death investigation has focused on
excavation techniques and documentation of context. Additional skills of the archaeologist …

The last decade of the twentieth century witnessed the forensic exhumation of human
remains on an unprecedented scale. Drawn into what had previously been the terrain of …

Although the general procedures of surface search for clandestine burials and surface
remains and the forensic archaeological procedures for mapping, collecting, and excavating …

Forensic pathologists frequently consult anthropologists for the identification of skeletonized
human remains. These remains may be the result of criminal activity or remains that were …

Recent research into the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) and the first years of the Francoist
dictatorship (1939-1975) estimates that approximately 200,000 people were executed in …