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Anthropologist 'Bones Up' on Site of Ancient Invasion

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  • 25-06-2010 8:21am
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    Dr Strange
    Registered Users Posts: 3,427 ✭✭✭


    Just to get a bit more on physical/forensic anthropology in here ;)

    From ScienceDaily (June 21, 2010)
    ScienceDaily wrote:
    Ultimate Cold Case: Anthropologist 'Bones Up' on Site of Ancient Invasion

    The body was found in a small, graffiti-stained tunnel. Robbery was likely not the motive, as his possessions and cash were found with him.

    The University of Alberta's Sandra Garvie-Lok can't tell exactly how the victim on her table died, but she has a good idea. Given the visible previous cranial trauma on the body, the events that took place around the time of the murder and the location where his remains were found, she is willing to bet that this John Doe was murdered. Yet, no suspect will ever be tried or convicted for the crime. And she's OK with that.

    That's because Garvie-Lok is an anthropologist, and her "victim" died almost 1,500 years ago in the ancient Greek city of Nemea during the Slavic invasion of Greece.

    ...

    Full text link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100621091234.htm


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