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Anthropology
Term : Summer 2024
Catalog Year : 2023-2024

ANT 430 - Forensic Archaeology: Methods, Concepts And Crime Scene Protocols


Description: Course focuses on forensic archaeological field methods, theories, protocols, medico-legal terms and concepts, history and role of forensic archaeology in processing outdoor crime scene, mass casualty, missing persons, and human rights violation sites. Students will work with simulated clandestine burials, body scatters and replica bones for hands-on experience with search, excavation, mapping, and documentation of a body recovery site. Letter grade only.

Units: 3

Sections offered: Fall 2024

Prerequisite: ANT 101, ANT 104, ANT 250 or CCJ 390