Abstract

Pathological investigation on alleged war crimes mainly represents the multidisciplinary analysis of mass graves and examination of exhumated bodies usually recovered in well-advanced stages of taphonomy alteration and even complete skeletonization. Because of this, many signs of antemortem injury are missing, and those present are often mixed with artifactual damage to human remains, thus making the conclusions on exact cause and manner of death, wounds vitality, and identification very hard and limited. The crucial role in this process is the close collaboration of forensic anthropologists and forensic pathologists.

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