Human Remains Recovery Course
This course is designed for persons that want to enhance their knowledge of forensic recovery techniques in an
outdoor context. The course will include two days of lecture and three full days of hands on recovery at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility. Participants of the course will gain practical knowledge and experience identifying, recording, and recovering scattered and buried human remains. Lecture topics will include basic methods for estimating the post mortem interval, basic human osteology, and the role of the forensic anthropologist in medicolegal death investigations. Please contact Sophia Mavroudas at FACTS@txstate.eduor 512-245-1900 for details.
outdoor context. The course will include two days of lecture and three full days of hands on recovery at the Forensic Anthropology Research Facility. Participants of the course will gain practical knowledge and experience identifying, recording, and recovering scattered and buried human remains. Lecture topics will include basic methods for estimating the post mortem interval, basic human osteology, and the role of the forensic anthropologist in medicolegal death investigations. Please contact Sophia Mavroudas at FACTS@txstate.eduor 512-245-1900 for details.This field recovery course is primarily designed for law enforcement agents, death investigators, Medical Examiners, and others in the medicolegal community. Graduate students must have consent from the Director of the FACTS before applying. Previous knowledge of human skeletal anatomy is desired but not mandatory for involvement in the course.
Upcoming sessions are
January 30 – February 3, 2012
April 23 – April 27, 2012
June 18 – June 22, 2012
