title: Where do those remains come from?
abstract: Part of the study of skeletal remains or corpses in advance decay located in the field involves determining their origin. They may be the result of criminal activity, accident, unearthed because of erosion, or they may also have originated from a cemetery. The discovery site, condition of the remains, and the associated artifacts, are factors that could be helpful for the forensic anthropologist to identify the origin of the remains. In order to contribute to this recognition, an analysis was made of the exhumations of 168 unclaimed human remains from the cemetery of Terrassa (Catalonia, Spain). This investigation presents a description of artifacts and conditions of remains that could indicate that the human remains may have originated from a cemetery.
authors.affiliation: Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Visualforensic, Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Ctra. BV-1274, km 1, Edificio A, 1ª planta, 08225 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Dominika
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nociarová
authors.affiliation: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Area Ciencias Forenses, Avda. Atenas s/n, Alcorcón, Madrid, Spain.
authors.forename: M Jose
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Adserias
authors.affiliation: Visualforensic, Parc Audiovisual de Catalunya, Ctra. BV-1274, km 1, Edificio A, 1ª planta, 08225 Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain; Unitat d'Antropologia Biològica, Departament de Biologia Animal, Biologia Vegetal i Ecologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Assumpció
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Malgosa
authors.affiliation: Servei de Patologia Forense, Unitat d'Antropologia Forense, Institut de Medicina Legal de Catalunya, Ciutat de la Justícia, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes 111, Edifici G, 08075 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain; Unitat de Medicina Legal i Forense, Departament de Psiquiatria i de Medicina Legal, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Electronic address: ignasigaltes@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Ignasi
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Galtés
mesh_terms: D016477:Artifacts; D000071298:Body Remains; D001842:Bone and Bones; D055699:Cemeteries; D049249:Exhumation; D018732:Forensic Anthropology; D006801:Humans; D011180:Postmortem Changes; D013030:Spain
keywords: Cemetery context; Cemetery remains; Forensic anthropology; Funeral artifacts; Taphonomy