ARQUEOLOGIA FORENSE

Authors

  • John Hunter Instituto de História Antiga e Arqueologia, Universidade de Birmingham, Reino Unido

Keywords:

arqueologia forense, investigação criminal, métodos arqueológicos, enterros humanos, cenas de crime

Abstract

Este artigo apresenta as principais questões relacionadas com a contribuição da arqueologia na investigação criminal. A arqueologia forense está relacionada com a aplicação da teoria, métodos e técnicas arqueológicos em procedimentos de investigação dentro de cenas de crimes modernos ou em contextos arqueológicos. Perguntas sobre a presença de uma deposição mortuária ou enterro de natureza arqueológica ou criminal, ou sem interesse forense, fazem parte de um problema. Descobertas fortuitas de poços ou durante investigações forenses pode resultar em vestígios de crimes atuais ou enterramentos pré-históricos e o propósito da arqueologia é responder a estas perguntas, escavando e compreendendo os processos de formação do depósito arqueológico ou forense. O autor apresenta estas duas situações diferentes e suas questões-chave sob a forma de capítulo para um manual de arqueologia forense em andamento.

 


ABSTRACT

This article presents the main issues related to the contribution of archaeology in criminal investigation. Forensic archaeology is related to the application of the archaeological theory, methods and techniques in investigative procedures within modern crime scenes or in archaeological contexts. Questions about the presence of a burial of archaeological or criminal nature, whether or not forensic interest, represent a problem. Fortuitous discoveries of pits or during forensic investigations can result in remaining current crimes or prehistoric burials and purpose of archeology is to answer these questions by digging and understanding of the formation processes of the archaeological or forensic deposit. The author presents these two di*erent situations and their key issues, presenting a chapter of a manual of forensic archaeology in progress.

Keywords: Forensic archaeology; Criminal investigation; Archaeological methods; Human burials; Crime scenes.


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Published

2015-01-01

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Vol. 29 No. 2 (2014)

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