Abstract
This essay discusses whether the techniques used by physical anthropology and their application to the forensic field, allow to positively identify an individual by his skeletal remains. The discussion addresses the osteological analysis of two skeletons attributed to two important characters of Sonoran history: the Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino and Captain Juan Bautista de Anza. The findings allow inferring that in the first case, though characteristics could match with the missionary, there aren’t enough elements a definitive identification; in the second case the analysis indicated that it was unlikely that the skeleton belonged to Anza, as ratified later by local chroniclers. Thus, uncertainty remains about the skeletal remains of Father Kino.
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