Written In Bone: Buried Lives of Jamestown and Colonial Maryland
By Sally M. Walker
Chapter Nine Vocabulary:
Forensic Anthropologist
Replica topography slices
Essay Questions:
1.
Why are erasers (indicators) an important practice to a forensic anthropologist?
2.
Working oil based clay to flesh out features onto a mannequin is useful by today’s forensic artist how?
3.
Synthesize the fields of science that assist and benefit from burial excavations.
4.
What are your considerations / beliefs of excavating burial sites? Explain in detail.
5.
How has reading this book changed your thoughts of science in life? What passages in this book reinforced your thoughts / of science in life?
Interactive: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_HaJT7OVIQ
Detective Charlie Hodges works with an anthropologist to create a biological profile of victims in the investigation. He then begins sculpting using a tissue table as a guide for the clay sculpture. Detective Hodges is insistent to keep out artistic input while constructing the clay bust. Enlighten why Hodges thought processes are important in providing absolute proof to the investigation. Please include the bolded key points.
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