Mass Graves: The Forensic Investigation of the Deaths, Destruction and Deletion of Communities and Their Heritage

Authors: Hanson, I.

Journal: Historic Environment: Policy and Practice

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

Pages: 359-401

eISSN: 1756-7505

DOI: 10.1080/17567505.2023.2251228

Abstract:

Mass graves have for millennia been incorporated in the historic environment, often to conceal the dead. As a result of conflict, they form one part of the destruction of communities, and are intrinsically linked to wider destruction of historic and cultural heritage. They are symbolic of efforts to control the landscape by contesting groups. Repeated patterns in the properties of mass graves and related destruction can be identified. The investigation of crimes under international law have recognised these properties and the interlinked nature of destruction of communities. Archaeological methods provide an important resource for investigators to undertake a now established formal process of gathering criminal evidence and accounting for the missing.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39164/

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Mass Graves: The Forensic Investigation of the Deaths, Destruction and Deletion of Communities and Their Heritage

Authors: Hanson, I.

Journal: HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT-POLICY & PRACTICE

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

Pages: 359-401

eISSN: 1756-7513

ISSN: 1756-7505

DOI: 10.1080/17567505.2023.2251228

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39164/

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Mass Graves: The Forensic Investigation of the Deaths, Destruction and Deletion of Communities and Their Heritage

Authors: Hanson, I.

Journal: Historic Environment: Policy and Practice

Volume: 14

Issue: 3

Pages: 359-401

ISSN: 1756-7505

Abstract:

Mass graves have for millennia been incorporated in the historic environment, often to conceal the dead. As a result of conflict, they form one part of the destruction of communities, and are intrinsically linked to wider destruction of historic and cultural heritage. They are symbolic of efforts to control the landscape by contesting groups. Repeated patterns in the properties of mass graves and related destruction can be identified. The investigation of crimes under international law have recognised these properties and the interlinked nature of destruction of communities. Archaeological methods provide an important resource for investigators to undertake a now established formal process of gathering criminal evidence and accounting for the missing.

https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/39164/

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