Excavation of a Vietnam-era aircraft crash site: Use of cross-cultural understanding and dual forensic recovery methods

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 277-283

  Webster, Ann DeMuth ^a  

^a US Army Ctrl Identification Lab ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Dual methods; Emic viewpoint; Forensic anthropology; Forensic science; Human remains recovery

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CULTURAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIET NAM;

EID: 0031917002     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1520/jfs16133j     Document Type: Article

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