Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology

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This course serves as an introduction to the field of forensic anthropology through an examination of the methods used by forensic anthropologists to recover human remains, positively identify unidentified human remains, and evaluate trauma and environmental alterations to bone in forensic investigations. Following an overview of forensic anthropology and explorations of past and current definitions of the field, we will discuss topics foundational to forensic anthropology, including the search for forensic scenes, the recovery of the remains in the field, data collection in the morgue, analysis in the forensic anthropology laboratory, the reconstruction of events surrounding the crime scene and the preparation of the final report.