Vertabrae
The number of Cervical vertebrae
What is 7?
Intrusive or destructive search method, shaped like a letter.
What is a T probe?
Original location of burial
What is primary burial?
Wrist bones
What are carpals?
Not human remains
What is an artifact?
The middle region of vertebrae that runs through the "trunk".
What is the thoracic vertebrae?
These are used to catch small items that may be missed by those digging.
What are screens or sifters?
Underwater grave/search area
What is submerged?
Shoulder blades
This bone should be packages separately for storage.
What is the skull?
What is the coccyx?
GPR
What is Ground Penetrating Radar?
These searchers use scent of human decomposition to search.
What/who are cadaver dogs?
Collar bone
What is the clavicle
Reason to package remains in plastic at a grave site.
Region of vertebrae just superior to the coccyx
What is the sacrum?
Aerial photography method
What is Google Earth?
Helps to find casings
What is a metal detector?
Portion of the skull that holds the brain.
What is the cranium?
This should be included in photos of human remains
What is a scale?
The number of lumbar vertebrae
What is 5?
Best search method for small/enclosed spaces
What is zone search?
These 3 bones along with the sacrum and coccyx make up the pelvic girdle, even though the sacrum and coccyx are also considered part of the spine.
What are the Ilium, Ischium, and Pubis?
The loss of this does NOT eliminate the ability to determine cause and manner of death.
What is soft tissue?