Category Archives: Forensic Anthropology

Animal Scavenging and Scattering and the Implications for Documenting the Deaths of Undocumented Border Crossers in the Sonoran Desert

Posted on November 16, 2014 by JB

A few days ago an article that I co-authored with three other researchers from the University of Michigan finally went live online.  This foray into forensic taphonomy was part of a larger project run by Jason De León called the Undocumented Migration … Continue reading →

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Sussing out site taphonomy: Understanding formation processes in the Sonoran Desert

Posted on February 13, 2014 by JB

Last year I got wind of an exciting project that was being undertaken at the University of Michigan. Jason De León, an anthropologist and professor in my department, was looking for a faunal analyst to examine some bones for him. This … Continue reading →

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National Museum of Health and Medicine Forensic Anthropology Short Course

Posted on January 23, 2014 by JB

In Summer 2011 I was fortunate enough to attend the 25th Annual National Museum of Health and Medicine Forensic Anthropology Course. One of my lab mates had taken a previous instantiation of the course when it was still under the … Continue reading →

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