X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to evaluate differences in elemental composition of hum... more X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to evaluate differences in elemental composition of human bone tissue types and identify soil infiltration.
Understanding the microbes that colonize and degrade bone has important implications for preserva... more Understanding the microbes that colonize and degrade bone has important implications for preservation of skeletal elements and identification of unknown human remains. Current research on the postmortem bone microbiome is limited and largely focuses on archaeological or marine contexts.
Abstract Identifying victims from mass fatality events requires the synchronization of several pr... more Abstract Identifying victims from mass fatality events requires the synchronization of several processes including, but not limited to, remains recovery, antemortem information collection, mortuary processes, death certification, family assistance, and finally, repatriation. Many different forensic disciplines are involved in recovering and identifying disaster victims. In particular, anthropologists have increasingly been involved with disaster victim identification in various roles from recovery and mortuary personnel to, more recently, management positions. This chapter discusses one small aspect of the mortuary process, triage, and its interplay with other aspects of identifying highly fragmented and commingled human remains. Specifically, this chapter focuses on anthropologist-directed triage and how it differed during three distinct mass fatality incidents: the World Trade Center disaster, the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, and the crash of the Staten Island Ferry. Each of these incidents involved significant variation in the number of victims, the number of recovered human remains, their degree of fragmentation, the site characteristics, and the recovery processes. Each of these considerations affected the triage teams’ composition and duties.
X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to evaluate differences in elemental composition of hum... more X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to evaluate differences in elemental composition of human bone tissue types and identify soil infiltration.
Understanding the microbes that colonize and degrade bone has important implications for preserva... more Understanding the microbes that colonize and degrade bone has important implications for preservation of skeletal elements and identification of unknown human remains. Current research on the postmortem bone microbiome is limited and largely focuses on archaeological or marine contexts.
Abstract Identifying victims from mass fatality events requires the synchronization of several pr... more Abstract Identifying victims from mass fatality events requires the synchronization of several processes including, but not limited to, remains recovery, antemortem information collection, mortuary processes, death certification, family assistance, and finally, repatriation. Many different forensic disciplines are involved in recovering and identifying disaster victims. In particular, anthropologists have increasingly been involved with disaster victim identification in various roles from recovery and mortuary personnel to, more recently, management positions. This chapter discusses one small aspect of the mortuary process, triage, and its interplay with other aspects of identifying highly fragmented and commingled human remains. Specifically, this chapter focuses on anthropologist-directed triage and how it differed during three distinct mass fatality incidents: the World Trade Center disaster, the crash of American Airlines Flight 587, and the crash of the Staten Island Ferry. Each of these incidents involved significant variation in the number of victims, the number of recovered human remains, their degree of fragmentation, the site characteristics, and the recovery processes. Each of these considerations affected the triage teams’ composition and duties.
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