A clandestine burial in Costa Rica: Prospection and excavation

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 793-796

  Congram, Derek R ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Costa Rica; Forensic archaeology; Forensic science; Grave detection; Grave excavation

Indexed keywords

CEMENT;

ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLANDESTINE BURIAL; COSTA RICA; EXHUMATION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; KIDNAPPING; POLICE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BURIAL; CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COSTA RICA; EXHUMATION; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMANS; OXIDES; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SOIL; WATER;

EID: 47349114902     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2008.00765.x     Document Type: Article

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