Presenter Information

Alicia MartinezFollow

Major

Forensic Science

Anticipated Graduation Year

Fall 2024

Access Type

Open Access

Abstract

This internship focuses on how human remains and skeletal analysis can tell us a great deal about an individual, such as age at death, sex, stature, population affinity, trauma and disease. Techniques learned in Loyola's Human Osteology course have been key in my assistance at The Field Museum of Natural Science and Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. I discuss my experience in working with forensic anthropology cases as well as studying and obtaining metrics on individuals from The Rush Medical Collection of 1898.

Community Partners

The Field Museum of Natural History, Cook County Medical Examiner's Office

Faculty Mentors & Instructors

Dr. Anne L. Grauer, Ph.D. Biological Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, Loyola University Chicago

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Internship in Bioarchaeology & Forensic Anthropology: Bones!

This internship focuses on how human remains and skeletal analysis can tell us a great deal about an individual, such as age at death, sex, stature, population affinity, trauma and disease. Techniques learned in Loyola's Human Osteology course have been key in my assistance at The Field Museum of Natural Science and Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. I discuss my experience in working with forensic anthropology cases as well as studying and obtaining metrics on individuals from The Rush Medical Collection of 1898.