The questions of the frequency, distance, and maximum size of the bones that carnivores,
rodents, and other common taxa can disperse have been little addressed, especially in the …

Many outdoor forensic scenes are located in forested areas, and these often require
searching through leaf litter to find locally dispersed skeletal remains. Little is known about …

In 2006, unexpected discoveries of buried World Trade Center (WTC) debris and human
remains were made at the World Trade Center mass disaster site. New York City's Office of …

By definition, mass fatality incidents result in numerous deaths occurring over a relatively
narrow time frame. These events produce complex multidisciplinary investigative …

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

Human skeletal remains in outdoor forensic sites often are dispersed from their point of
initial deposition, making locating isolated bones difficult. Forested areas in particular may …

This chapter describes some of the key factors behind the trend of the inclusion of forensic
archaeology within the larger discipline of forensic anthropology, and discusses what one …

Over the last century, anthropological discourse about race changed dramatically. Once a
core concept in anthropology, it is now widely accepted as the “myth” coined by Ashley …

In current forensic practice, there are few standards for outdoor crime scene documentation,
despite the need for such documentation to be accurate and precise in order to preserve …

Previous research (Pokines et al. 2018) examined the success rates of search through leaf
litter for older juvenile-to adult-sized bones in a New England forest environment. Individual …