Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using Ground Penetrating Radar and forensic archaeology

Highlights • We found a Spanish Civil War unmarked mass grave in the Spanish region of Asturias. • A phased site investigation approach was undertaken, including GPR. • GPR results showed a clear geophysical anomaly on 2D GPR profiles. • The identified area was intrusively investigated and human rem...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Forensic science international 2016-10, Vol.267, p.e10-e17
Hauptverfasser:	Fernández-Álvarez, José-Paulino, Rubio-Melendi, David, Martínez-Velasco, Antxoka, Pringle, Jamie K, Aguilera, Hector-David
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	19th century Approximation Archaeology Burial Civil war Criminal investigations Forensic engineering Forensic science Forensic sciences Forensic Sciences - methods Forensics Funding Geophysics GPR Ground penetrating radar History, 20th Century Human remains Humans Image Processing, Computer-Assisted Mass graves Mountains Murders & murder attempts Pathology Radar Searching Software Spain Spanish Civil War Studies Topography Two dimensional War Warfare Witnesses
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • We found a Spanish Civil War unmarked mass grave in the Spanish region of Asturias. • A phased site investigation approach was undertaken, including GPR. • GPR results showed a clear geophysical anomaly on 2D GPR profiles. • The identified area was intrusively investigated and human remains were discovered.
ISSN:	0379-0738 1872-6283
DOI:	10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.05.040