The archaeology of mass graves

Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 137-158

  Wright, R ^a   Hanson, I ^b,c,d   Sterenberg, J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b United Nations the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UN ICTY)   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratorio de Genética Forense   (Guatemala)

^d INFORCE Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^e ICMP   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

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EID: 84886657765     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203970300     Document Type: Chapter

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