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Forensic Arts FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM SKELETAL REMAINS
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Sanisera Field School 2011, Forensic arts, by Nouran F. Koriem

May 30, 2015

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Page 1: Sanisera Field School 2011, Forensic arts, by Nouran F. Koriem

Forensic ArtsFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION FROM SKELETAL

REMAINS

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•Fundamental in forensic science as a method for identifying bodies

•But why in archaeology/paleo anthropology?

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Why?

•Characterisation of individuals of certain societies

•Humanisation; tangible impression of individuals from the past

•Visualising evolutionAustralopithecus afarensis

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How?•3 main approaches: ‘Russian’,

‘American’, ‘Manchester’

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Problems

•Range and depth of skills needed

•Ambiguous variables

•Differences between ethnic groups, sexes, ages

•Environmental factors - Landau

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Problems

•Very invasive without use of virtual anthropology (VA)

•Computer-aided reconstruction requires sophisticated techniques. These are controlled by few teams in the world

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Problems• Forensic accuracy (identification): Will and William

West, 1903

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Examples

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Harwa: Egyptian nobleman, 1st millennium BC

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Francesco Gonzaga, prominent nobleman of Italian Renaissance and son of Isabella d’Este

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Fayoum Mummies and accompanying portraitsLate Roman/Early Coptic period, Egypt

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Mummies 1770 and Sensaos

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Philip II, father to Alexander III of Macedon

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Tutankhamun - pharaoh, post-Amarna

(kind of obscure)

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