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What is forensic anthropology?
Application of the science of physical anthropology to the legal process.
what are the periods?
formative(1800-1938), consolidation(1939-1971), modern(1972-present)
what happened in the formative period?
thomas dwight, dr parkman, leugers, herlicks
thomas dwight
father of forensic anthropology, wrote first foranthro paper, paper was extremely important for the field
Dr parkman case
early case involved with human ID, he went missing after confronting webster about the loan and the mineral collection up for collateral, 2 anatomists brought in (Holmes and Wyman) used the remains to ID
Leutgerts
Leutgert worked at sausage factory, rumors he beat his wife and she came up missing, odor and wierd jelly in factory, found very small bones, Dorsey came in to ID(assistant curator at FIeld Museum, Harvard trained), Leutgert convicted but Dorsey was criticized by other anatomists
Ales Herlicks
in Schultz opinion he is the father of foranthro, 1st consoltant for FBI, founder of AJPA (American Journal of Physical Anthro)
what happened in the consolidation period?
krogman, T. dale stewart, JPAC
krogman
"grandfather of the field", wrote influential books for anthro, 1st textbook Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine(term anthro never used in it)
T. Dale Stewart
Curator of Phy Anthro at Smithsonian, wrote book that coined foranthro, consoltant for FBI