Forensic Anthropology
DUE THURSDAY MAY 23rd between 8-10AM in room 3305JThree case scenarios are provided below. In each, you must answer a series of questions about each case (questions are in bold). Try to make your answers as detailed and specific as possible. Use your lecture notes and readings to help in answering the questions but also use your common sense. Sit down and read the scenario carefully. Reference sources, including any assigned or optional texts used in this class, should be cited in the text (example - Byers, 2001, pp. 12) and listed at the end of the assignment. Scenario #1 (40 points): Two hikers were passing through some remote trails in a park system in the Northwest corner of NY State. They notice a pile of purple and red clothing in some nearby brush. Upon closer look, they notice some hard yellowish/white substance peeking out, which they perceive is human bone. Horrified by their find, they quickly race back to the Park entrance to notify the authorities. When investigators return to the scene they observe that the remains include a partially decomposed human body partly buried by leaves, small rocks and other debris. The officers suspect that these remains are of a conceal
Classic traits of the male (non-metric methods):1. The nasal root is projecting and there is a prominent nasal spine with sharp lower border. The skull is photographed; profile and frontal views, at a 1:1 scale, with a ruler positioned aside of the skull. The three-dimensional process is initiated by placing the skull on a workable stand, where the skull can easily be tilted and turned in all directions. Detail a plan of investigation for this apparent crime scene. When the man called his dog back, the animal returned with some skeletal remains in his mouth. The two-dimensional reconstruction process is initiated by utilizing the same data as used for the Three-dimensional clay reconstruction. Documentation continues at each stage of recovery, each time any procedure is performed, and each time that evidence changes hands. The skull exhibits a round entrance wound to the left temporal and an outwardly beveled exit wound to the right temporal. 82-96; 153-162; 172-177; 244; 286-288; 294-3002. Exactly what methods could be used to determine sex in this case?The pelvis contains the greatest number of characteristics useful for determining sex because it is the part of the skeleton that is most affected by birthing.
Common topics in this essay:
DOCUMENTATION Documentation,
EXTRA CREDIT,
Exam DUE,
Frankfort Horizontal,
Forensic Anthropologist,
Blacks Asians,
REFERENCE SOURCES,
forensic anthropologist,
crime scene,
information provided,
blunt force,
tissue markers,
skeletal remains,
baseball bat,
frankfort horizontal position,
bat found,
left temporal,
baseball bat found,
remains found,
blunt force wound,
demonstrates rounded orbits,
individual wide demonstrates,
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