A Preliminary Examination of Differential Decomposition Patterns in Mass Graves

A Preliminary Examination of Differential Decomposition Patterns in Mass Graves

Five pairs of mass graves, each containing carcasses of 21 rabbits, were used to examine differential decomposition at four locations within the burial: surface, deep, mid‐outer, and core. Every 100 accumulated degree days (ADD), a pair of graves was exhumed, and total body score (TBS) and internal...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of forensic sciences 2014-05, Vol.59 (3), p.621-626
Hauptverfasser: Troutman, Lauren, Moffatt, Colin, Simmons, Tal
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
accumulated degree days
Animals
Body Temperature
Burial
burial depth
decomposition
Exhumation
Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Pathology
forensic science
Forensic sciences
Human remains
mass graves
Postmortem Changes
Rabbits
taphonomy
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Zusammenfassung:Five pairs of mass graves, each containing carcasses of 21 rabbits, were used to examine differential decomposition at four locations within the burial: surface, deep, mid‐outer, and core. Every 100 accumulated degree days (ADD), a pair of graves was exhumed, and total body score (TBS) and internal carcass temperature of each rabbit were recorded. Decomposition did not differ for core‐ and deep‐positioned carcasses (p = 0.13); differences were significant (p 
ISSN:0022-1198
1556-4029
DOI:10.1111/1556-4029.12388