ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Dump Job, Line Search, Cartesian Coordinate System
5 Apr 2018
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Forensic archaeology: preliminary investigation, victim, possible witnesses, polices" job to gather the information, what charges need to be laid, may find suspect(s, anthropologist: Information about the area that the body was dumped (body dump site characteristics: where the person has gone missing and where they might have ended up, reconnaissance, not entering the scene or area but looking at it, planning. Finding indications that this is a likely place for disturbance: select a particular place for recovery and planning. Lamp posts: excellent data points because they are stable and they are always there - can get to the exact placement of the item because lampposts are there. Ski poles: to determine whether or not the soil is loose or hard. Screening material: established command centre, an area that was searched carefully and they store all their equipment so nothing would be lost, pile of branches, they (branches) do not fall together in a big pile.
