Course description
This course will introduce the principles of mass grave investigations and the differences and similarities there are with domestic/single grave investigations.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On successful completion of the course you will be able to:
- Adapt their methodologies to a single or mass grave environment
- Understand the role of the forensic archaeologist and anthropologist within a forensic and criminal investigation team in a mass fatality investigation framework
- Recover surface and buried evidence as well as human remains as part of a wider forensic investigation
- Interpret non - material, forensic archaeological evidence in mass grave structures, such as tool marks
- Interpret the site history in order to reconstruct the series of events that lead to the existence of the grave and the positioning of the victims and evidence.
Training Course Content
Core content
- Basic principles and structure of mass grave investigations,
- Methodology of mass grave excavations,
- Operational and logistical challenges in mass grave investigations,
- Recovery of surface evidence at mass grave/mass killing sites,
- Recovery of human remains in a mass grave context,
- Recovery of buried evidence associated with human remains.
Course delivery details
Course structure
Classroom sessions and a site excavation.
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