Lana Williams
I am a bioarchaeologist specializing in the analysis of human health and diet through material and tissue analysis, human osteology and mortuary archaeology. I have been part of the Dakhleh Oasis research project in Egypt since 2002, and joined a second expedition at Dayr al-Barsha in Egypt in 2006. In 2011, I began working with colleagues from UCF's Department of Anthropology on the Study Abroad program and skeletal research collection at the Vilnius University in Lithuania. More recently, in 2012, I started work as the field bioarchaeologist at Pessinous in Turkey. I specialize in residue and isotopic analysis of human tissues to better understand connections among biological, social and physical environments, as they existed in the past. I am especially interested in physiological responses to seasonality, adolescence and pregnancy, and placement of the dead in the physical and social landscapes. My current research focuses on hair and organ tissue analysis of ancient populations from Egypt, the Near East, and Lithuania to evaluate parasite load and general health among ancient communities, and refining isotopic and compound-specific methods of analysis when working with preserved archaeological tissues. I also work with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies on the search, recovery and identification of human skeletal remains.
Supervisors: Christine White and Fred Longstaffe
Address: Department of Anthropology
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816
Supervisors: Christine White and Fred Longstaffe
Address: Department of Anthropology
University of Central Florida
4000 Central Florida Blvd.
Orlando, FL 32816
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focuses on the practical aspects of excavating and recovering human remains, along with any associated evidence, from crime scenes. It highlights the protocols and techniques that are used to successfully survey, map, recover, document, collect, and transport such items from these locations.
Topics include identifying the difference between forensic archaeology and anthropology; employing the correct equipment when conducting searches, recoveries, and excavations; leveraging geophysical technologies used in forensic searches; collecting botanical and entomological evidence; mapping and documenting scenes; and classifying human and nonhuman skeletal remains.
The authors present this information in a thorough yet straightforward manner for those who are experienced in the field of forensic recovery and for those who may not yet be as seasoned. In either situation, if you want to be confident that you have uncovered and carefully processed every bit of potential evidence at the scene, then Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is the one reference to have with you every time.
Papers by Lana Williams
focuses on the practical aspects of excavating and recovering human remains, along with any associated evidence, from crime scenes. It highlights the protocols and techniques that are used to successfully survey, map, recover, document, collect, and transport such items from these locations.
Topics include identifying the difference between forensic archaeology and anthropology; employing the correct equipment when conducting searches, recoveries, and excavations; leveraging geophysical technologies used in forensic searches; collecting botanical and entomological evidence; mapping and documenting scenes; and classifying human and nonhuman skeletal remains.
The authors present this information in a thorough yet straightforward manner for those who are experienced in the field of forensic recovery and for those who may not yet be as seasoned. In either situation, if you want to be confident that you have uncovered and carefully processed every bit of potential evidence at the scene, then Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is the one reference to have with you every time.