Forensic Archaeology Projects 2008 - 2009

  • Anthropological analysis of skeletal remains from Abingdon cinema Oxford
  • Anthropological analysis of skeletal remains from St. Josephs of Arimathea. Gordon terrace
  • The application of modern fire investigation techniques
  • The archaeological vs. modern bone debate
  • Forensic ballistics investigation
  • Ancestry determination of the northern Sudanese population
  • Trace elements in animal teeth
  • The use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry to investigate inert materials in IEDs.
  • Shotgun safety studySoft tissue strength under dynamic loads
  • X-Ray web cam
  • Forensic ballistics investigation
  • Comparing DNA preservation in heat treated bone and bone marrow
  • Effects of different size firearms on the skull
  • Preservation of Rwandan genocide victims
  • Blood splatter from kicking injuries
  • Spatial analysis of infant burial at Catalhoyuk and its potential forensic implications
  • A Meta-analysis of taphonomically degraded DNA in archaeological contexts when compared with forensic case studies.

 

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Dr Andrew Shortland.
Senior Lecturer
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E: a.shortland@cranfield.ac.uk