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DEPARTMENT OF ANTHROPOLOGY TEACHER WORKSHOP
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
WHAT BONES CAN TELL US:
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY AT THE SMITHSONIAN
Smithsonian physical anthropologists serve as regular consultants to the FBI and other law
enforcement agencies to assist in forensic cases by examining the remains of unidentified
deceased persons, especially when the remains have been partially or completely
skeletonized. These scientists have helped develop many of the techniques used to identify
and study the dead and have participated in some of the most notorious cases in this century.
The Smithsonian’s Department of Anthropology offers a behind-the-scenes opportunity for
teachers to learn about the history of forensic anthropology, human osteology, applications
for forensic analysis, and forensic case studies.
Deadline for Application: December 15, 2005.
Workshop Date: February 3, 2006 (Snow date: February 10, 2006)
Location: Rose Seminar Room, Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History
(10th & Constitution Ave. Entrance)
Workshop Schedule
8:30 - 9:00 a.m.
9:15 - 10 a.m.
10:00 - 10:15
10:15 - 11:15
11:15 - 11:30
11:45 - 12:45
1:00 - 2:30
2:30 - 2:45
2:45 - 3:45
3:45 - 4:30
Registration and Coffee
History of Forensic Anthropology
Q&A
Research methods and Collections Use
Q&A
Lunch with Instructors in museum cafeteria (lunch not provided)
Osteology (sex, growth & development, age, ancestry, pathologies)
Break
Hands-on Experience
Forensic Case Studies, including Mass Disasters; Career Information
Workshop Instructors: Physical anthropologists Dr. David Hunt and Ms. Marilyn London,
Department of Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. Both have extensive experience in
teaching and working on forensic cases.
Registration Fee: $100 (includes A Smithsonian Crime Lab Investigation Kit; Human
Skeletal Remains: Excavation, Analysis, and Interpretation by Smithsonian curator Douglas
Ubelaker; teaching materials; refreshments)
Advance registration is required and will be accepted on a first come, first serve basis. All
registrations will be confirmed by email or in writing.
For further information, please contact Ann Kaupp at (202) 633-1917.
Workshop Application Form
Please complete a separate form for each applicant. Duplicate this form as needed. Please
type or print clearly. Registration form must be accompanied by a check or money order
made payable to: Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. (No purchase orders or institutional
training forms can be accepted as payment.)
Name ____________________________________________________________
Email Address _____________________________________________________
Street Address _____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
School Affiliation __________________________________________________
I teach in (check one) District of Columbia ____ Maryland ____ Virginia _____
I teach these courses related to the workshop _____________________________
Grade Level ____________________
What is your reason for applying to this workshop and what do you hope to learn from it?
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
Daytime Telephone ___________________________Home Tel._____________
Have you participated in other Smithsonian anthropology workshops? ________ If so,
which ones? _______________________________________________________
Mail registration form and payment to:
Ann Kaupp
Department of Anthropology
PO Box 37012
NMNH 363, MRC 112
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, DC 20013-7012
Registration fee is refundable if written notice is received by January 20.