Scientific evidence for the identification of an Aboriginal massacre at the Sturt Creek sites on the Kimberley frontier of north-western Australia

•Results of a scientific investigation of a reported massacre, Kimberley, Australia.•XRD analysis showed all bone fragments subjected to extreme temperatures to 800°C.•Pathology concluded bone fragments as possibly human but evidence inconclusive.•Comparison with burnt bone from hearth sites showed...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Forensic science international 2017-10, Vol.279, p.258-267
Hauptverfasser:	Smith, Pamela A., Raven, Mark D., Walshe, Keryn, Fitzpatrick, Robert W., Pate, F. Donald
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aggression Archaeological sites Archaeology Archives & records Australia Australian Aboriginal massacres Bone and Bones - chemistry Bone and Bones - pathology Burns - pathology Communication Cooking Crime Victims Durapatite - analysis Ethics Evidence Fires Forensic Anthropology Forensic osteology Forensic pathology Forensic sciences Fragmentation Fragments Hearths Historic sites Homicide Human remains Humans Identification Kimberley frontier Knowledge Massacre archaeology Massacres Microscopy Native peoples Oral history Police Signatures Soil sciences Sturt Creek massacre Violence X-Ray Diffraction XRD burnt bone
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