Forensic archaeology in the United States

Abstract

This chapter describes some of the key factors behind the trend of the inclusion of forensic archaeology within the larger discipline of forensic anthropology, and discusses what one perceives as some of its main practical and conceptual outcomes. In the United States there are a relatively large number of practicing forensic anthropologists, and they have been the professionals of choice for many decades in cases involving severely altered or completely skeletonised human remains, predating the development of forensic archaeology as a common practice and fully mature field. The embrace by American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) represented the official acceptance of forensic anthropology as a legitimate member of the forensic sciences; the backing of forensic anthropologists by AAFS credentials in American courts and in their relationship with law enforcement was an extremely important development, particularly in the credentials-ruled pre-Daubert era.

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