Multidisciplinary Approaches to Forensic Archaeology

This book will present the most advanced researches on forensic archaeology presented during the annual European meetings in the last 3 years. Thanks to the broad nature of the chapters presented, this book will show not only different approaches and different crime scenes around Europe, but also how every single European law enforcement has faced forensic investigations. This book shows forensic archaeology as practiced in this legal context, emerging and solidifying in many European countries, differing in some respects because of differences in legal systems but ultimately sharing common grounds. Differently from similar books, this will be not only a collection of researches and case studies in which forensic practitioners demonstrate the extent and complexity of the various aspects of forensic archaeology, but also it will show the necessity of co-operation as a condition for any work in forensic archaeology among scientists of different disciplines and lawenforcers.

Auteur

PIER MATTEO BARONE: Pier Matteo Barone is an adjunct professor at the American University of Rome teaching courses on archaeological methodology, geophysical techniques (GPR, in particular) and forensic archaeology, as well as courses on the archaeology and heritage of Rome and the eastern Mediterranean.
His research is centered on different remote sensing applications to better understand the archaeological landscape. He is also a recognized expert in forensic archaeology employed to testify in criminal and civil cases. He was a co-investigator in a three-year research project (FIRB 2012) with the geological institute of CNR (IGAG) investigating marble quarries of the Greco-Roman world in Turkey.
Finally, he has authored over a hundred of publications on these topics, he has presented several papers in national and international conferences, he has appeared on national public/private radio, TV, and magazines, and he is co-editor and reviewer of several international peer-reviewed journals.

WJ MIKE GROEN: Mike Groen is a forensic archaeologist employed by the Netherlands Forensic Institute (NFI) and a staff member at the Leiden University, Faculty of Archaeology. His past academic and professional experience relates to GIS modelling, field archaeology, human taphonomy and physical anthropology. He is responsible for the introduction of forensic archaeology in the Netherlands in 2005 and for the creation of the Forensic Archaeology group within the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) in 2013. Since 2014 he chairs the Dutch Association of Physical Anthropologists (NVFA). His current research interest include forensic archaeology, GIS predictive modelling forensic taphonomy and scene of crime science.

Résumé

This book will present the most advanced research on forensic archaeology presented during the annual European meetings in the last 3 years. Thanks to the broad nature of the chapters presented, this book will show not only different approaches and different crime scenes around Europe, but also how every single European law enforcement has faced forensic investigations.

This book shows forensic archaeology as practiced in this legal context, emerging and solidifying in many European countries, differing in some respects because of differences in legal systems but ultimately sharing common grounds. Differently from similar books, this will be not only a collection of research and case studies in which forensic practitioners demonstrate the extent and complexity of the various aspects of forensic archaeology, but also it will show the necessity of co-operation as a condition for any work in forensic archaeology among scientists of different disciplines and law enforcers.

Contenu
Preface; Pier Matteo Barone and Mike Groen
Chapter 01: Introduction: Forensic Archaeology: Combining Archaeology with Criminalistics and Criminology; Mike Groen
Part I: Forensic Archaeology and NDTs
Chapter 02: Forensic archaeological remote sensing and geospatial analysis; Alastair Vannan
Chapter 03: Geophysics and Archaeology at crime scenes; Pier Matteo Barone
Chapter 04: Forensic Geophysics and the Search of Building Interiors, Peat Bogs, and Freshwater; Alastair Ruffell and Laurance Donnelly
Part II: Forensic Archaeology and Human Remains
Chapter 05: The increasing role of the forensic anthropologist in the search for the missing; Nicholas Marquez Grant
Chapter 06: Forensic archaeology: State-of-the-art archeological technology in France and other latest developments. A case study in Toulouse region (South West of France); Patrice Georges, Christelle Buton, and Éric Crépin
Chapter 07: Actualistic experimental taphonomy of inhumation burial; Hayley Mickleburgh
Chapter 08: The use of 3-dimensional scanning and surface capture methods in recording forensic taphonomic traces: issues of technology, visualisation, and validation; Patrick S. Randolph-Quinney
Chapter 09: Human remains in marine environments: Challenges and Future developments; Agathe Ribéreau-Gayon, Carolyn Rando, and Ruth M. Morgan
Chapter 10: Interrogating the ground an archaeologist at a crime scene; Tomasz Borkowski and Maciej Trzciski
Chapter 11: Forensic Archaeology in Denmark A Work in Progress; Lars Krants
Chapter 12: Recent recruitment of forensic anthropologist and odontologist in Carabinieri scientific investigation: multi-disciplinary approach and scene investigation in case of hidden corpse; Chantal Milani and Carlo Belardo
Chapter 13: Forensic Archaeology in Russia: Past Developments and Future Approaches; Tatiana Shvedchikova
Chapter 14: Operation Nobility: The identification of a missing soldier from the Battle of Arnhem, 1944; Geert Jonker
Chapter 15: The Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains in Ireland: A case study the abduction, murder and secret burial of Victim B; Geoff C. Knupfer, D. Godfrey, and J. Hill
Part III: Forensic Archaeology and Antiquity Crimes
Chapter 16: Not just body and decomposition: Forensic Archaeology preventing Antiquities Crimes; Pier Matteo Barone
Chapter 17: Problems of Archaeological Heritage ProtectionThe Background of Crime Against Monuments and Works of Art; Maciej Trzciski
Chapter 18; Preventing Art and Antiquities Crimes using Forensic Geology; Rosa Maria Di Maggio