The Importance of Using Forensic Anthropological and Archaeological Methodsin Mass Graves / Mass Inhumations

Mass graves may be formed as a result of genocides, deaths caused by enforced disappearances, natural disasters or serious accidents. It could be argued that the * Ankara üniversitesi Sa？l？k Bilimleri Enstitüsü Disiplinleraras？ Adli Bilimler Anabilim Dal？, Kriminalistik Doktora Program？ | sinhoshsoz@gmail.com studies related with mass graves have two main objectives: returning remains to the families for recovery and reconciliation and to prosecute those who are responsible. For both objectives, the application of scientific methods is necessary to locate mass grave areas and exhume as many complete human remains and artefacts as possible. As a result, the relatives could have the opportunity to receive positively identified and complete remains of their loved ones who are exhumed from the mass graves by archaeologists and anthropologists in this field. Hence, the teams that comprise of multidisciplinary sciences play an important role in locating, excavating, exhuming and identifying remains from mass grave