School Of Science And HealthForensic ArchaeologyWestern Sydney University Unit Code: 300378.2
Discipline: FORENSIC SCIENCE
Student Contribution Band: 2
Level: 3
Credit Points: 10
Assumed Knowledge
Knowledge of general aspects of recording and crime scene documentation, 300375 Digital Forensic Photography 1, 300374 Crime Scene Analysis and 300377 Forensic Analysis of Physical Evidence.
Equivalent Units
300882 - Forensic Archaeology
Unit Enrolment Restrictions
Students must be enrolled in 3589 Bachelor of Science (Forensic Science).
About this Unit
This unit provides an understanding of the processes of locating, recovering and undertaking scientific examination of material remains as part of a forensic investigation. The unit will place particular emphasis on the decay processes affecting such material recovered from buried environments and the importance of scientific excavation and recovery in any investigative study undertaken on the material. Students will investigate a number of case studies of the successful use of forensic archaeology, as well as learning the dangers that can befall an investigation that does not take sufficient account of diagenetic changes affecting material remains once buried.