Type of Document	Thesis
Author	Hays, William Morgan
Author's Email Address	Anthronole@aol.com
URN	etd-04022008-085128
Title	Florida's Clandestine Graves: An Anthropological Perspective of the Dead
Degree	Master of Science
Department	Anthropology, Department of
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Glen H. Doran Committee Chair Joseph R. Hellweg Committee Member Lynne A. Schepartz Committee Member
Keywords	Florida Homicide Clandestine Graves Surface Skeletons Buried Bodies
Date of Defense	2008-01-25
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Forensic anthropology has traditionally been concerned with the identification of an individual recovered from a clandestine grave and analysis of their skeletal material. The data gathered from these burials are often treated as individual cases with no synthesis into a greater body of analysis and do not completely address the anthropological issues surrounding them. This thesis is a demonstration of new approaches to anthropological investigation of clandestine graves through analysis of sample data. By providing examples of the different types of information that have previously been neglected from an analytical perspective, and offering interpretation based upon statistical inferences, this thesis illustrates the patterns of behavior that are exhibited by perpetrators of homicide when they choose to dispose of human remains.
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