Forensic Archaeology
Subtitle: The Application of Comparative Excavation Methods and Recording Systems
Publisher: Archaeopress; Archaeopress Archaeology
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9781784914844
Subjects: Excavations (archaeology); Forensic osteology
Description: Archaeological excavation has been widely used in the recovery of human remains and other evidence in the service of legal cases for many years. However, established approaches will in future be subject to closer scrutiny following the announcement by the Law Commission in 2011 that expert evidence will in future be subject to a new reliability-based admissibility test in criminal proceedings. This book evaluates current archaeological excavation methods and recording systems? focusing on those used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australasia, and North America? in relation to their use in providing forensic evidence, and their ability to satisfy the admissibility tests introduced by the Law Commission, and other internationally recognised bodies. 00In order to achieve this aim, two analyses were undertaken. First, attention was directed to understanding the origins, development, underpinning philosophies, and current use of archaeological excavation methods and recording systems in the regions selected for study. A total of 153 archaeological manuals/guidelines were examined from archaeological organisations operating in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand--