ANT 3520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Parkman, Joseph Warren, Dentures
29 Jun 2016
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Started with paul revere- silversmith made dentures for dr. joseph warren. Warren killed at battle of bunker hill, buried in unmarked grave with others. Warren"s remains id"d by revere using the silver dentures he made for warren. Not a formalized discipline, not even really a term. Victim was dr george parkman, member of one of boston"s richest families. Suspect was dr john webster- invited parker to lab on pretense of 2000 dollar debt. Parkman unhappy with webster so not on best terms; parkman goes with intent to recover money. Offered a mineral cabinet as something to alleviate debt. Dismembered body, burned head and some other parts, used acid/copper nitrate to get rid of blood, left some parts of body in the lab. Skeletal analysts- anatomists oliver wendell holmes and jeffries wyman. Littlefield was janitor, noticed behavior out of the ordinary, noticed suspicious activity- police eventually recover remains. Determined the age, height and ancestry of the remains; found consistent with.
