This 2-day course will cover aspects of recovery, analysis and interpretation of human remains discovered in outdoor contexts. The first day will focus on outdoor crime scene reconstruction (surface scatter, buried body, fatal fire, and mass disaster) and the second day will focus on human identification (osteology, biological profile, identification methods).

 

Topics covered: discovery, recovery, lab analysis, identification, hypotheses generation/testing.

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Course Format:

Lectures on forensic archaeological recovery and mapping procedures, human vs non non-human osteology, biological profile, and skeletal methods of identification. We are also offering online (lectures and discussions) and single day attendance options. 

Location:

West Chester, Pennsylvania, but on-line in real time option available. ​

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Audience:

Forensic anthropologists (professionals and students); medico-legal and law enforcement professionals; and other forensic practitioners.

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