Sponsored by: Mercyhurst University Dept. of Applied Forensic Sciences
Forensic Archaeology with Dennis Dirkmaat, PhD, D-ABFA: This five-day course covers the search for, documentation, recovery, and interpretation of human remains from surface scatters, burials, fatal fires, and mass disaster scenes, use of cadaver dogs, laboratory interpretation of postmortem alterations to remains (taphonomy), traditional paper-based mapping techniques, and advanced documentation using an electronic total station and survey-grade GPS. Visit our website (www.ForensicAnthCourses.com) for expanded course descriptions, instructor bios, and registration information.
The AIA is North America's largest and oldest nonprofit organization dedicated to archaeology. The Institute advances awareness, education, fieldwork, preservation, publication, and research of archaeological sites and cultural heritage throughout the world. Your contribution makes a difference.
