title: The role of forensic anthropology in the recovery and analysis of Branch Davidian Compound victims: recovery procedures and characteristics of the victims.
abstract: Anthropological contributions to the investigation of the events at the Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas in early 1993, were of two major types: the recovery of human remains from the site and the analysis of most of those individuals at the Medical Examiner's Office in Fort Worth, Texas. This paper describes the role of forensic anthropology in the recovery and analysis of Branch Davidian Compound victims and the recovery procedures and characteristics of the victims.
authors.affiliation: National Museum of Natural History, Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Ubelaker
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Owsley
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Houck
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Grant
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Woltanski
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fram
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sandness
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Peerwani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013781:Texas; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot