Resources for Students

Software downloads from Mercyhurst College

 http://math.mercyhurst.edu/~sousley/Software/

American Anthropological Association

http://www.aaanet.org

American Association of Physical Anthropology

http://physanth.org

​Society for American Archaeology

http://www.saa.org

​The Line Level  (Info blog for students)

click here for blog




​A list of our favorite books is coming soon.





Featured Universities

Louisiana Tech Univeristy

www.latech.edu/

 Louisiana Tech is also doing decompositional studies with an aim towards improving our understanding of the postmortem interval.

University of Tennessee

http://web.utk.edu/~anthrop/

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville is one of the best known universities for Forensic anthropology.  They are home to Anthropological Research Facility which conducts decompositional studies.


 

Forensic anthropologists are dedicated to giving a name back to the nameless.  

Mission Statement

In the News

Contact Information

For the webmaster


info@forensicanthropology.org




Breaking News:

Walter Birkby, PhD died on Saturday 1/31/15 at 83 years old

Dr. Birkby was a prominent  forensic anthropologist and a genuinely kind man.  He is survived by his wife, Carmen, his son Jeff, his daughter Julie and his grandson Tyler.  He left a lasting legacy in those that he trained in the field, his publications and the families that he helped. He will be deeply missed.