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troublesome tibiae

Schofield Mausoleum

Mildred Trotter at work

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Traces, Connections, & Measurements

Fragments, scattered thoughts, histories
  • Aloha to mildredtrotter.org

    Aloha to mildredtrotter.org

    This website is a research blog in progress for the history of forensic anthropology and humanitarian forensics. The focus is primarily on the development of forensic anthropology in the 20th Century, Personalities, Institutions, research, professionalization, and conceptual growth in an applied forensic science.

Topics

Memento Mori ~ remember that you must die.

DABFA #1 →

War Dead Identification

20th Century Forensic Anthropology

Humanitarian Forensics

Mortui Vivos Docent

still deciding about Social Media

@sirhc.mcdermott

Central identification Laboratory, Schofield Mausoleum. Oahu, Territory of Hawaii
USS Oklahoma processing
Field Manual
Schofield
Schofield Mausoleum interior
AGRS Kokura
Clyde Snow
Mildred Trotter with Leis

Why MildredTrotter.Org

Recovering the history, personalities, and networks of the development of Forensic Anthropology during the 20th Century

What do the dead teach us? They leave behind traces and lives deeply entwined with lessons for our own. We must learn how to learn from the dead and the past. Mortui Vivos Docent

Rocky Versace

Chris McDermott

Historian & Data Professional