Module code: ARC7017-B
This module provides a detailed understanding of the principles and practice relating to forensic taphonomy. This includes the degradation of human bodies and associated materials under a range of terrestrial and underwater environments.
Introduction to depositional environments. Mechanisms of decay, including chemical and microbiological. Morphological and structural degradation of organic and inorganic materials. Complex microenvironments eg inhumation burials. Instrumental methods of characterising depositional environments. Design of taphonomic experiments. Methods of accelerated materials testing. Examination of degraded materials.
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