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ORS.146 (.103 and .090)

ORS146.103: "No person shall move a human body or body suspected of being human, or remove any effects."

ORS146.090: "Medical examiner shall investigate and certify cause/manner of deaths."

Anthropology Definition

"Origins, development, characteristics, and customs of human kind (Webster)"

Forensic Anthropology= Combo of ---------- and ------------.

Combo of Biology and Archaeology

Forensic Anthropology Definition

"Sub-field of Anthropology dealing with analysis of medico-legally significant human skeletal remains."

Medico-Legal Community
(At least 5, get at least 3 of main ones correct)

Medical Examiners
Coroners (in OR, deputy medical examiners)


Forensic Pathologists


Forensic Odontologists (Dental)
Forensic Anthropologists

Others (Entymologists, Geologists, Botanists)

Requirements and Job Descriptions of F. Anthropologists

Requires a BA/BS and MA/MS in Anth., usually also a PhD in Phys./Biol. Anthropology




Work at universities/colleges, museums, Med. Examiners Offices, Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command (JPAC), Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP), United Nations

Purpose of F. Anthropologists

Determine human vs. non-human remains


Determine medicological significance of remains


Determine whether remains are a single individual or commingled.
Determine "Big Four"


Document individual characteristics for I.D.


Recovery of Decomp./Burned/Skeletal remains


Help determine Post Mortem Interval (PMI)


Determine Cause/Manner of Death

What are the Big Four?

Four main key estimations f. anthropologists aim to find:




Age


Sex


Race


Stature

3 periods of F. Anthropology, w/ dates?

I. Formative Period (1800s-1939)


II. Consolidation Period (1939-1971)


III. Modern Period (1972-present)

Formative Period

Sporadic work- No Publications


Ends w/ publication of "Guide to the Identification of Human Skeletal Materials (krogman)"

Consolidation Period

Increased case load


WWII and Korean war


1971 Phys. Anth section of American academy of Forensic Sciences formed

Modern Period

First meeting of new section


Creating of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (AFBA)