New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1571-1582

  Mays, S ^a   Ogden, A ^b   Montgomery, J ^b   Vincent, S ^a   Battersby, W ^c   Taylor, G M ^d  

^a ENGLISH HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Cleaver Square ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial reconstruction; Forensic; Human remains; Isotopic analysis; Osteology; Palaeopathology

Indexed keywords

FORENSIC SCIENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; OSTEOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON;

CANADA; KING WILLIAM ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

EID: 79956108465     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.022     Document Type: Article

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