Keeping the pieces together: Comparison of mass grave excavation methodology

Forensic Science International

Volumn 156, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 192-200

  Tuller, Hugh ^a   Durić', Marija ^b  

^a Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Disarticulation; Excavation methodology; Exhumation; Mass graves

Indexed keywords

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BONE STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; FORENSIC MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VICTIM;

EID: 30344443083     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2004.12.033     Document Type: Article

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