80+ Consultations Since 2018!

Consulting Services Provided

Is is bone? Is it human? Is it forensically significant? 

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We provide excavation, search, recovery, and skeletal analysis services for archaeological and forensic materials:

• Systematic search, recovery, and excavation methods for human remains and burials

• Human versus non-human identification (macro- and microscopic, off-site)

• Forensic versus archaeological assessment

  • • Prehistoric and historic skeletal and dental remains

    • Forensic remains

    • Taphonomy (burial environment and postmortem interval)

• Biological profile (estimation of sex, ancestry, age, body size, health status of skeletal remains)

  • • Macro- and microscopic methods of age at death estimation

    • Analysis of heat-damaged bone

    • Review of cold cases

• Isotopic, chemical, and microscopic analyses from bone, tooth, soil, materials, cremains, etc. (available at CAMAS)

• Compliance with Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

• Report writing, research, investigation, training, presentations

• Contacts for tribal consultants, State Historic Preservation Office, DNA sampling, forensic genealogy, cadaver dog handlers, etc.

 Please inquire about these or other things you are seeking help with for further information.

Bones@isu.edu

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Consultations and Community Partners

Pocatello PD, Clark County SO, FBI Evidence Response Team (Pocatello, Salt Lake, Billings), Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH), State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), Great Falls PD, Ada County Coroner, Bannock County Coroner,  Bingham Co. Coroner, Bonnevlle Co. Sheriff, Idaho State Police (ISP), Elmore Co. Sheriff, Sheriff, Lemhi Co. Sheriff , Semper Vigilans, Fort Hall PD, Ada Co. Sheriff, DNA Doe Project, Custer Co. Sheriff, Minidoka CO. Sheriff, Rupert PD, Bonner Co. Sheriff, Jefferson Co. Sheriff, Gooding Co. Sherriff,  Lincoln Co. Sheriff, Bear Lake Co. Sheriff, Center for Archaeology, Materials and Applied Spectroscopy (CAMAS), Oneida Co., Sheriff, Canyon Co. Sheriff, Bannock Co. Sheriff; Caribou Co. Sheriff, Idaho Virtualization Lab (IVL), ISU Radiographic Science Program, DNA Doe Project (DDP), Trans Doe Task Force (TDTF), Redgrave Research, Operation Lady Justice, Othram, Inc., Othram, Inc. and DNASolves, ISU Gender Resource Center, Idaho Museum of Natural History (IMNH), Aspen Dental,  and cases in 11 other states (MT, CA, NV, AZ, NH, TX, ID, IL, WA, FL, OH, IA).