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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"mass graves"”.
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The contextualisation of Crusader mass graves from Sidon, Lebanon.
… presents data from the largest conflict-related mass grave (MNI = 25) directly dated to the period of the Crusades in the Latin East yet to come to light. This research provides a wider understanding of Late Medieval warfare and of the Crusades in the Levant; advances understanding of the nature …
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Critical assessment of archaeological excavation and the development of processes required for successful investigation of mass graves.
… record for any site. I found the complexity of mass grave excavations was not well described. I developed and published guidance on mass grave search and excavation methods, complex excavations and their management. A model process for the scientific investigation of mass graves was developed …
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A multi-temporal approach to using multispectral remote sensing for the prospection of clandestine mass graves in temperate environments.
Recent years have seen mass graves resulting from human rights abuses and violations become a stimulant for criminal proceedings and investigations. As a consequence the prospection for clandestine mass graves is at the forefront of international forensics and is considered of ever increasing …
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Plague mortality and medieval demography: an osteological analysis of Black Death mass graves and attritional cemeteries from 7-16th century England and Wales
… thesis adopted a holistic approach, considering mass graves and attritional cemeteries, to explore the influence of plague mortality on the demography of medieval Britain. Between 1348-51AD, approximately half of the population of Britain were killed by plague. This epidemic, the Black Death, …
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Toward improved understanding and interaction between forensic science and international criminal law in the context of transitional justice.
… response to social trauma, human rights' abuses, mass atrocities, civil war and genocide. Criticaliy, criminal trials are believed to contribute to a notion oftruth through producing a record of the causes of conflicts, the responsible actors and parties, as well as the events. As part of its …
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Reconstructing a film in fragments : Xasuqii means massacre
… techniques for reconstructing a film about mass graves in Northern Somalia (Somaliland), the search for unanswerable questions, and navigating the trauma involved in the cinematic process. In 2019, Somalia is just as fragmented as it was during colonization. During the Somali Civil War 30 …
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The effects of lime on the decomposition of buried human remains. A field and laboratory based study for forensic and archaeological application.
… and archaeological records, in contemporary mass graves and forensic cases. Clearly there are controversies within the literature and there is a general misconception of the effects of lime on decomposition. Recent casework in Belgium and the UK involving the search for human remains buried …
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Ludzkie szczątki i polityka. Antropologia hiszpańskich ekshumacji od wojny domowej po współczesność
… significance. Beginning with the origins of mass graves and the history of exhumation practices, I show how their changing forms and contexts reflect broader tensions related to memory and the politics of history. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork and documentary sources, I argue that human …
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Quarantining the past : commemorating the Great Irish Famine on Grosse-Île
… Irish were buried that summer on Grosse-Ile in mass graves. Thousands more died after leaving the island for Quebec City, Montreal, Kingston, Toronto, and Hamilton. In commemorations organized on the island at the beginning and the end of the twentieth century, Irish-Canadians have memorialized …
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Identifying and enhancing forensic science skills in the investigation and prosecution of war criminals within international proceedings
… investigators to locate, excavate and exhume mass graves; producing powerful evidence of atrocities and returning victims to loved ones. It is even possible to establish the crime of genocide by identifying the attributes of the victims which made them perceived targets, for example their …
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Blast injury to the human skeleton: recognition, identification and differentiation using morphological and statistical approaches.
… to identify patterns in a sample of cases from mass graves in Bosnia and to determine differences between the blast injury cases and gunshot wound cases which can identify indicators of blast injury for future use. This was done using Pearson‘s χ2, cluster analysis and multiple correspondence …
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Metáforas extremas del neoliberalismo en la literatura latinoamericana
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