Forensic Archaeology

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Forensic Anthropology and ForensicScience in the NewsNew method could help estimate time ofdeath for

Forensic Anthropology and ForensicScience in the News Buildingthe face of a criminal from DNA (via @

theolduvaigorge: How Forensic Techniques Aid Archaeology by Diana Valk“In 2012, archaeologists disco

awed-frog:One of my favourite ways to travel through time: forensic facial reconstruction. These men

Scurvy of the cranium 

Healed dislocation/fracture of the scapula and humerus. 

theolduvaigorge: How Forensic Techniques Aid Archaeology by Diana Valk“In 2012, archaeolo

Scurvy of the cranium 

Healed dislocation/fracture of the scapula and humerus. 

Paget’s Disease

Cranial depression (top) and healed crater wounds 

Syphilis. Yikes! 

Syphilis of the cranium 

Reactive bone

Top, bottom left: Healed sword woundsBottom middle, right: endocranial periostitis 

Paget’s Disease

Healed fracture of the femoral neck

Paget’s Disease

Paget’s Disease

Eburnation of the scapula and humerus. Ouch! 

Actinomycosis of the femur, os coxa, sacrum, verts. 

OBD, Paget’s disease

Artificial deformation, aka foot binding

Prehistoric forensics: the archaeology of gruesome death

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