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

The majority of skeletal cases that pass through the laboratory for a forensic anthropologist
to analyze are usually recovered from a field context. That is, the remains were discovered in …

Excavation of buried remains or the recovery of bodies from the surface requires adherence
to collection strategies, attention to detail in documentation and recording of data, and …

Medicolegal death investigation requires a multidisciplinary approach to the collection of
data from the crime scene to the autopsy table. Law enforcement processing of the indoor …

The following bibliography consists of resources that contain information related to the
recovery of evidence in outdoor contexts. In practice, archaeology and criminalistics share …

Forensic Methods is a practical guide to death scene investigation and excavation
technique, ie, investigation of outdoor crime scenes that may include human remains. It …

It is often stated by archaeologists that, once excavated, a site can never be completely
reconstructed and the same is true in a scene investigation where human remains are …

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 …

Archeologists and anthropologists have expertise in the search, location, recovery, and
recording of buried or hidden physical evidence, including human remains both from single …

Forensic archaeology has emerged as a distinct discipline over the past three decades,
although its value was recognized as early as the 1970s. Today, forensic archaeologists …