Blau
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 69643 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Blau |
| APELLIDO | Blau |
| FIRMA | BLAU |
| AFILIACIONES | Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6499-7741 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 42 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 85 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1946 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Patterns of skeletal trauma resulting from motor vehicle collisions
As a leading cause of fatality, motor vehicle collisions comprise a significant proportion of medico-legal cases worldwide. During death investigations into such events, forensic practitioners may be asked to make inferences about the relationship between traumatic injuries and the circumstances of the collision. These interpretations require a thorough understanding of the hard and soft tissue blunt force trauma that results from vehicle collisi…
Moving from the unknown to the known
Human skeletal remains were recovered from Sandy Point, Victoria.The absence of circumstantial information and the poor preservation (i.e. skeletonized) of the remains precluded the formation of an identification hypothesis, rendering the identification process complex.Only through the integration of anthropology, odontology, molecular biology, radiocarbon dating, historical research, and genealogy were the remains able to be identified as Mr. Ch…
Lack of biological mortality bias in the timing of dental formation in contemporary children
OBJECTIVES: Biological mortality bias is the idea that individuals who perish (non-survivors) are biologically distinct from those who survive (survivors). If biological mortality bias is large enough, bioarchaeological studies of nonsurvivors (skeletal samples) cannot accurately represent the experiences of the survivors of that population. This effect is particularly problematic for the study of juvenile individuals, as growth is particularly s…
Forensic and Archaeological Analyses
Archaeology
Taphonomy
Osteology
Ethics and Human Remains
Sex Assessment
Disaster victim identification operations with fragmented, burnt, or commingled remains
Human-made and natural disasters can result in severely fragmented, compromised, and commingled human remains. The related disaster victim identification (DVI) operations are invariably challenging, with the state of the remains potentially precluding some identifications. Practitioners involved in these DVI operations will routinely face logistical, practical, and ethical challenges. This review provides information and guidance derived from fir…
The role of forensic anthropology in disaster victim identification (DVI)
Forensic anthropological knowledge has been used in disaster victim identification (DVI) for over a century, but over the past decades, there have been a number of disaster events which have seen an increasing role for the forensic anthropologist. The experiences gained from some of the latest DVI operations have provided valuable lessons that have had an effect on the role and perceived value of the forensic anthropologist as part of the team ma…
Ethics and Human Remains
Forensic and Archaeological Analyses
Taphonomy
Human Skeletal Remains
Archaeology
Archaeology comes from the Greek term arkhaiologia meaning “the study of ancient things” and is defined as the study of past peoples and culture. Archaeologists develop interpretations about the past through the recovery and analysis of material culture (which may include graves, monuments, buildings, inscriptions, tools, pottery, etc.) and associated evidence (such as pollen, charcoal, residues, skeletal remains, etc.). In order to provide inter…
Sex Assessment
Osteology
Exploring non-invasive approaches to assist in the detection of clandestine human burials
The analyses of physical evidence recovered from clandestine single and mass graves have been demonstrated to be of significant evidential and/or investigative value for both court purposes and humanitarian investigations. The detection of these types of graves is, therefore, pivotal to forensic investigations. This article reviews different remote and ground-based methods that have been used to attempt to detect deliberately concealed burial sit…
Response
Working as a Forensic Archaeologist and/or Anthropologist in Post-conflict Contexts
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones
Reburying the past
Dying for independence
While there have been numerous violent events in Timor Leste the one act that holds significant political and social meaning for the local population is a massacre that occurred in Dili on the 12 November 1991 at the Santa Cruz cemetery. Following a brief summary of the mechanisms in place to investigate human rights abuses in Timor Leste, this paper focuses on efforts to investigate the Santa Cruz massacre. While the number of people killed in o…
Mycobacterium leprae genotype amplified from an archaeological case of lepromatous leprosy in Central Asia
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones
One woman and her dog
Lack of biological mortality bias in the timing of dental formation in contemporary children
OBJECTIVES: Biological mortality bias is the idea that individuals who perish (non-survivors) are biologically distinct from those who survive (survivors). If biological mortality bias is large enough, bioarchaeological studies of nonsurvivors (skeletal samples) cannot accurately represent the experiences of the survivors of that population. This effect is particularly problematic for the study of juvenile individuals, as growth is particularly s…
Mycobacterium leprae genotype amplified from an archaeological case of lepromatous leprosy in Central Asia
Disaster victim identification operations with fragmented, burnt, or commingled remains
Human-made and natural disasters can result in severely fragmented, compromised, and commingled human remains. The related disaster victim identification (DVI) operations are invariably challenging, with the state of the remains potentially precluding some identifications. Practitioners involved in these DVI operations will routinely face logistical, practical, and ethical challenges. This review provides information and guidance derived from fir…
Osteoarchaeological evidence for leprosy from western Central Asia
Published reports of palaeopathological analyses of skeletal collections from Central Asia are, to date, scarce. During the macroscopic examination of skeletal remains dating to the early first millennium AD from the Ustyurt Plateau, Uzbekistan, diagnostic features suggestive of leprosy were found on one individual from Devkesken 6. This adult female exhibited rhinomaxillary changes indicative of leprosy: resorption of the anterior nasal spine, r…
Attempting to Identify Activities in the Past
This paper reviews attempts by osteologists to identify activities in the past through examination of particular alterations to skeletal remains. Following an outline of the history of interest in occupational pathology, the physiology of bone is briefly summarised in order better to understand the potential of investigating occupation in the past. A history of archaeological research and interpretations in this field is then provided, followed b…
Dying for independence
While there have been numerous violent events in Timor Leste the one act that holds significant political and social meaning for the local population is a massacre that occurred in Dili on the 12 November 1991 at the Santa Cruz cemetery. Following a brief summary of the mechanisms in place to investigate human rights abuses in Timor Leste, this paper focuses on efforts to investigate the Santa Cruz massacre. While the number of people killed in o…
An Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from two Middle Bronze Age Tombs from Jericho
Hundreds of tombs have been excavated at Jericho yet publications of the osteological findings remain minimal. This paper presents the results of osteological analyses of two Middle Bronze Age tomb groups from Jericho currently curated by the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney. Following a brief description of the burial practices implemented during the Middle Bronze age at Jericho, the excavation and subsequent curation of the human remains …
Limited yet informative
While syntheses of palaeopathological studies have been undertaken in many parts of the world, until recently little was known about human health in the past in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Focusing on skeletal pathologies, this paper documents the results of the first synthetic palaeopathologlcal study for this country. The collections of archaeological human skeletal remains come from three sites dating to the third and two sites dating to t…
Observing the present – reflecting the past. Attitudes towards archaeology in the United Arab Emirates
Exploring non-invasive approaches to assist in the detection of clandestine human burials
The analyses of physical evidence recovered from clandestine single and mass graves have been demonstrated to be of significant evidential and/or investigative value for both court purposes and humanitarian investigations. The detection of these types of graves is, therefore, pivotal to forensic investigations. This article reviews different remote and ground-based methods that have been used to attempt to detect deliberately concealed burial sit…
The use of forensic archaeology in the investigation of human rights abuse
This paper examines the ways in which the relatively new, yet rapidly expanding discipline of forensic archaeology may contribute to the investigation of human rights abuses. A brief history of the development and applications of forensic archaeology in the investigation of global human rights abuses is provided. The paper then outlines the current procedures for investigating human rights abuses in East Timor and focuses on a case study of a rep…
An Investigation of Possible Fluorosis in Human Dentition Using Synchrotron Radiation
Fragmentary endings
This paper reviews the architectural and human skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar period tombs ( c . 2500–2000 BC), found across the Oman Peninsula. Possible meanings for the regional dispersal of the tombs across the region are considered. Tomb Unar 2 may provide possible interpretations of 3rd-millennium BC burial practices
Seeing through the Dunes
Geophysical techniques have been developed and used in the investigation of archaeological sites predominantly in temperate climates in northern Europe and North America; relatively little geophysical work has been undertaken on sites in arid environments. This article presents a magnetometry survey of the Iron Age (ca. 1300–300 B.C.) site of Muweilah, United Arab Emirates and examines the problems specific to geophysical investigations in arid e…
Reburying the past
An unusual aperture in a child's calvaria from western Central Asia
The partial remains of a child's cranium were examined as part of a three-year research project investigating the health and population movements of prehistoric communities in western Central Asia. Differential diagnoses are provided for an unusual aperture observed at the bregma. Possible aetiologies for the aperture include congenital and developmental defects, pathological alterations, surgical intervention, trauma and post-mortem changes. The…
The people at Sharm
The American Orthopsychiatric Association, Inc., 1946 Membership List
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Observing the present – reflecting the past. Attitudes towards archaeology in the United Arab Emirates
Attempting to Identify Activities in the Past
This paper reviews attempts by osteologists to identify activities in the past through examination of particular alterations to skeletal remains. Following an outline of the history of interest in occupational pathology, the physiology of bone is briefly summarised in order better to understand the potential of investigating occupation in the past. A history of archaeological research and interpretations in this field is then provided, followed b…
The people at Sharm
One woman and her dog
Seeing through the Dunes
Geophysical techniques have been developed and used in the investigation of archaeological sites predominantly in temperate climates in northern Europe and North America; relatively little geophysical work has been undertaken on sites in arid environments. This article presents a magnetometry survey of the Iron Age (ca. 1300–300 B.C.) site of Muweilah, United Arab Emirates and examines the problems specific to geophysical investigations in arid e…
Fragmentary endings
This paper reviews the architectural and human skeletal remains from Umm an-Nar period tombs ( c . 2500–2000 BC), found across the Oman Peninsula. Possible meanings for the regional dispersal of the tombs across the region are considered. Tomb Unar 2 may provide possible interpretations of 3rd-millennium BC burial practices
Limited yet informative
While syntheses of palaeopathological studies have been undertaken in many parts of the world, until recently little was known about human health in the past in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Focusing on skeletal pathologies, this paper documents the results of the first synthetic palaeopathologlcal study for this country. The collections of archaeological human skeletal remains come from three sites dating to the third and two sites dating to t…
An Investigation of Possible Fluorosis in Human Dentition Using Synchrotron Radiation
Out of anonymity—A central location for ‘peripheral’ places through people
This paper documents the contributions made by Karen Frifelt and Beatrice de Cardi to the history of archaeological research in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The events leading up to their study of the material culture from the UAE is reviewed and the effects of working in a Muslim, predominantly male society are discussed. ‘We are no longer obsessed with the facts of the evidence as some kind of solid factual bedrock beyond dispute, but we put…
Forensic Archaeology in Australia
AbstarctThe aim of this paper is to examine the potential for forensic archaeology to develop in Australia. A brief history of the development of the discipline is provided highlighting the ways in which archaeological principles and techniques have been used in North America and Britain to enhance the investigation of crime and disaster scenes. While a number of practitioners with expertise in biological anthropology have assisted police in fore…
Comment on “Dwelling at the margins, action at the intersection? Feminist and indigenous archaeologies, 2005”
The use of forensic archaeology in the investigation of human rights abuse
This paper examines the ways in which the relatively new, yet rapidly expanding discipline of forensic archaeology may contribute to the investigation of human rights abuses. A brief history of the development and applications of forensic archaeology in the investigation of global human rights abuses is provided. The paper then outlines the current procedures for investigating human rights abuses in East Timor and focuses on a case study of a rep…
AMS Radiocarbon Dates of Kurgans Located On the Ust'-Yurt Plateau, Uzbekistan
Recent osteological analyses of archaeological human skeletal remains from the Ust'-Yurt Plateau, Uzbekistan, provided the opportunity to obtain samples for radiocarbon dating. The results of 18 accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) dates are presented in this paper and provide the first absolute dates for late prehistoric and early historic archaeological sites in Uzbekistan. The AMS dates suggest that most sites are earlier than have been traditi…
Osteoarchaeological evidence for leprosy from western Central Asia
Published reports of palaeopathological analyses of skeletal collections from Central Asia are, to date, scarce. During the macroscopic examination of skeletal remains dating to the early first millennium AD from the Ustyurt Plateau, Uzbekistan, diagnostic features suggestive of leprosy were found on one individual from Devkesken 6. This adult female exhibited rhinomaxillary changes indicative of leprosy: resorption of the anterior nasal spine, r…
An unusual aperture in a child's calvaria from western Central Asia
The partial remains of a child's cranium were examined as part of a three-year research project investigating the health and population movements of prehistoric communities in western Central Asia. Differential diagnoses are provided for an unusual aperture observed at the bregma. Possible aetiologies for the aperture include congenital and developmental defects, pathological alterations, surgical intervention, trauma and post-mortem changes. The…
An Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from two Middle Bronze Age Tombs from Jericho
Hundreds of tombs have been excavated at Jericho yet publications of the osteological findings remain minimal. This paper presents the results of osteological analyses of two Middle Bronze Age tomb groups from Jericho currently curated by the Nicholson Museum, University of Sydney. Following a brief description of the burial practices implemented during the Middle Bronze age at Jericho, the excavation and subsequent curation of the human remains …
Mycobacterium leprae genotype amplified from an archaeological case of lepromatous leprosy in Central Asia
Reburying the past
Dying for independence
While there have been numerous violent events in Timor Leste the one act that holds significant political and social meaning for the local population is a massacre that occurred in Dili on the 12 November 1991 at the Santa Cruz cemetery. Following a brief summary of the mechanisms in place to investigate human rights abuses in Timor Leste, this paper focuses on efforts to investigate the Santa Cruz massacre. While the number of people killed in o…
Identification of dermestid pupal chambers on Southern Levant human bones
Working as a Forensic Archaeologist and/or Anthropologist in Post-conflict Contexts
Response
Ethics and Human Remains
Forensic and Archaeological Analyses
Archaeology (26 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (22 obras) · Geography (20 obras) · History (17 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 obras) · Forensic and Genetic Research (10 obras) · History (10 obras) · Sociology (10 obras) · Archaeological Research and Protection (8 obras) · Biology (8 obras)