James Pokines
Biographic Data
| ID | 646102 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Pokines |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Pokines |
| SIGNATURE | POKINES J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 33 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Effects of Household Corrosive Substances on the Dissolution of Complete Pig (Sus scrofa) Carcasses
Caustic substance submersion has been a known method of body dispersal in homicides, and its use continues today in cases involving organized crime. Additional research is necessary to determine whether a complete body can be fully dissolved usingcaustic substances and at what rates. The present study submerged two complete 10-to 15-kg fresh, never-frozen, juvenile pigs (Sus scrofa) in each of three different household corrosive substances (37% s…
Thesis Projects in Forensic Taphonomy
Given the recent growth in the field, some students in forensic anthropology may find it difficult to devise an affordable, suitable, and ideally publishable thesis topic. Taphonomic projects often can fill this role, as many do not require a large budget, are experimental in nature, thus giving students greater control over the data that they will collect, and on topics that have not received large amounts of research. The author presents a list…
Experimental Formation of Coffin Wear on Bone
Localized, eroded flat areas on bones recovered from former coffin burials are hypothesized to have been formed as "coffin wear," caused by a combination of acidic groundwater pooling in a coffin that is slowly degrading over time, bones coming to rest against a flat surface, and overlying sediments applying pressure. Due to the time expected to be needed for this taphonomic effect to accrue, no experiments have tested this hypothesis. To shorten…
Radiometric Dating of Wadi Zarqa Ma'in 1, a Limestone Sinkhole Natural Faunal Trap near the Dead Sea, Using Data from Test Pitting and a Portable Coring System
Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1 (WZM-1) is a natural faunal trap sinkhole ten kilometers southwest of the city of Madaba in Jordan, near the Dead Sea. The limestone karst feature measures over thirty meters in maximum depth and is a significant regional source of faunal, microbotanical, and sedimentological data recording climate change and paleoecology. A new method of sampling was tested during summer 2019 involving the use of a backpacksized Shaw Portable …
The Forensic Utility of Photogrammetry in Surface Scene Documentation
Outdoor crime scene documentation needs to be accurate and precise to preserve evidence. Photogrammetry is a potential option. Structure from Motion (SfM) processes photographs into 3D models. As commercial software does not disclose this process, this documentation technique could be legally inappropriate. A potential solution to this problem is open-source software. A series of mock outdoor crime scenes were documented using SfM and total stati…
Experimental Study of White Heat Line Formation in Burned Bone Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
In anthropological analysis of burned bone, the presence of a white heat line (WHL) aids in determining a bone's physical condition prior to burning, distinguishing between those burned fleshed or wet versus dry, making this thermal signature an important source of information regarding the relative timing of burning. While the relationship between WHLs and a bone's physical condition has been studied, there is a lack of research concerning WHL c…
Experimental Formation of Marine Abrasion on Bone and the Forensic Postmortem Submergence Interval
Human skeletal remains are frequently recovered from marine environments, where they have undergone months or years of immersion, and decomposition stage is no longer a possible method from which to estimate the postmortem submergence interval (PMSI). Over these longer PMSIs, a common taphonomic alteration that forms is the wearing and rounding of surfaces from marine abrasion, caused by repeated agitation in sediment or against rocks. Little is …
Laws of Taphonomic Relative Timing and Their Application to Forensic Contexts
In the analysis of taphonomic effects that have occurred to osseous remains, it is often necessary to interpret multiple overlapping changes. Individual taphonomic effects can be isolated from each other, and these follow rules of relative timing, whereby earlier or later effects can be determined. These rules are similar to those of archaeological and geological stratigraphy, from which the basic concepts of superposition and other physical rela…
American Board of Forensic Anthropology's Certification Program
Certification through the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) provides forensic anthropologists with accredited validation of the highest level of qualifications (including education and training) and professionalism in the discipline, through rigorous vetting of an applicant's casework, knowledge, and skill. It encourages adherence to best practice methodological and ethical standards and provides a system of recognition of qualified …
The American Board of Forensic Anthropology Turns 40: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends in Certification for Forensic Anthropology
The professionalization of forensic anthropology in North America began with the establishment of the Physical Anthropology section (now Anthropology Section) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) in 1972 and the development of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) board certification program in 1977-78. This review first outlines the history of ABFA board certification, then discusses temporal trends among ABFA diploma…
The Small Scavenger Guild of Massachusetts
The role of small scavengers (typically birds and small mammals) of large vertebrate remains in terrestrial environments is an under-researched aspect of forensic taphonomy. The present research examined the role of small scavengers in a wooded environment in Massachusetts. A sample of fresh, mostly defleshed pig (Sus scrofa) femora was placed in heavy mesh wire cages that restricted access by the largest scavengers but allowed full access by sma…
Manual of Forensic Taphonomy
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
A Hunter-Gatherer Landscape: Southwest Germany in the Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic . Michael A. Jochim
Self-Barbed Antler Spearpoints and Evidence of Fishing in the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
American Board of Forensic Anthropology's Certification Program
Certification through the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) provides forensic anthropologists with accredited validation of the highest level of qualifications (including education and training) and professionalism in the discipline, through rigorous vetting of an applicant's casework, knowledge, and skill. It encourages adherence to best practice methodological and ethical standards and provides a system of recognition of qualified …
The Effects of Household Corrosive Substances on the Dissolution of Complete Pig (Sus scrofa) Carcasses
Caustic substance submersion has been a known method of body dispersal in homicides, and its use continues today in cases involving organized crime. Additional research is necessary to determine whether a complete body can be fully dissolved usingcaustic substances and at what rates. The present study submerged two complete 10-to 15-kg fresh, never-frozen, juvenile pigs (Sus scrofa) in each of three different household corrosive substances (37% s…
The American Board of Forensic Anthropology Turns 40: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends in Certification for Forensic Anthropology
The professionalization of forensic anthropology in North America began with the establishment of the Physical Anthropology section (now Anthropology Section) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) in 1972 and the development of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) board certification program in 1977-78. This review first outlines the history of ABFA board certification, then discusses temporal trends among ABFA diploma…
The Small Scavenger Guild of Massachusetts
The role of small scavengers (typically birds and small mammals) of large vertebrate remains in terrestrial environments is an under-researched aspect of forensic taphonomy. The present research examined the role of small scavengers in a wooded environment in Massachusetts. A sample of fresh, mostly defleshed pig (Sus scrofa) femora was placed in heavy mesh wire cages that restricted access by the largest scavengers but allowed full access by sma…
Self-Barbed Antler Spearpoints and Evidence of Fishing in the Late Upper Paleolithic of Cantabrian Spain
A Hunter-Gatherer Landscape: Southwest Germany in the Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic . Michael A. Jochim
Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Oasis, Jordan
Manual of Forensic Taphonomy
The Small Scavenger Guild of Massachusetts
The role of small scavengers (typically birds and small mammals) of large vertebrate remains in terrestrial environments is an under-researched aspect of forensic taphonomy. The present research examined the role of small scavengers in a wooded environment in Massachusetts. A sample of fresh, mostly defleshed pig (Sus scrofa) femora was placed in heavy mesh wire cages that restricted access by the largest scavengers but allowed full access by sma…
American Board of Forensic Anthropology's Certification Program
Certification through the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) provides forensic anthropologists with accredited validation of the highest level of qualifications (including education and training) and professionalism in the discipline, through rigorous vetting of an applicant's casework, knowledge, and skill. It encourages adherence to best practice methodological and ethical standards and provides a system of recognition of qualified …
The American Board of Forensic Anthropology Turns 40: Historical Perspectives and Current Trends in Certification for Forensic Anthropology
The professionalization of forensic anthropology in North America began with the establishment of the Physical Anthropology section (now Anthropology Section) of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) in 1972 and the development of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology (ABFA) board certification program in 1977-78. This review first outlines the history of ABFA board certification, then discusses temporal trends among ABFA diploma…
The Forensic Utility of Photogrammetry in Surface Scene Documentation
Outdoor crime scene documentation needs to be accurate and precise to preserve evidence. Photogrammetry is a potential option. Structure from Motion (SfM) processes photographs into 3D models. As commercial software does not disclose this process, this documentation technique could be legally inappropriate. A potential solution to this problem is open-source software. A series of mock outdoor crime scenes were documented using SfM and total stati…
Experimental Study of White Heat Line Formation in Burned Bone Using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
In anthropological analysis of burned bone, the presence of a white heat line (WHL) aids in determining a bone's physical condition prior to burning, distinguishing between those burned fleshed or wet versus dry, making this thermal signature an important source of information regarding the relative timing of burning. While the relationship between WHLs and a bone's physical condition has been studied, there is a lack of research concerning WHL c…
Experimental Formation of Marine Abrasion on Bone and the Forensic Postmortem Submergence Interval
Human skeletal remains are frequently recovered from marine environments, where they have undergone months or years of immersion, and decomposition stage is no longer a possible method from which to estimate the postmortem submergence interval (PMSI). Over these longer PMSIs, a common taphonomic alteration that forms is the wearing and rounding of surfaces from marine abrasion, caused by repeated agitation in sediment or against rocks. Little is …
Laws of Taphonomic Relative Timing and Their Application to Forensic Contexts
In the analysis of taphonomic effects that have occurred to osseous remains, it is often necessary to interpret multiple overlapping changes. Individual taphonomic effects can be isolated from each other, and these follow rules of relative timing, whereby earlier or later effects can be determined. These rules are similar to those of archaeological and geological stratigraphy, from which the basic concepts of superposition and other physical rela…
Experimental Formation of Coffin Wear on Bone
Localized, eroded flat areas on bones recovered from former coffin burials are hypothesized to have been formed as "coffin wear," caused by a combination of acidic groundwater pooling in a coffin that is slowly degrading over time, bones coming to rest against a flat surface, and overlying sediments applying pressure. Due to the time expected to be needed for this taphonomic effect to accrue, no experiments have tested this hypothesis. To shorten…
Radiometric Dating of Wadi Zarqa Ma'in 1, a Limestone Sinkhole Natural Faunal Trap near the Dead Sea, Using Data from Test Pitting and a Portable Coring System
Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1 (WZM-1) is a natural faunal trap sinkhole ten kilometers southwest of the city of Madaba in Jordan, near the Dead Sea. The limestone karst feature measures over thirty meters in maximum depth and is a significant regional source of faunal, microbotanical, and sedimentological data recording climate change and paleoecology. A new method of sampling was tested during summer 2019 involving the use of a backpacksized Shaw Portable …
Thesis Projects in Forensic Taphonomy
Given the recent growth in the field, some students in forensic anthropology may find it difficult to devise an affordable, suitable, and ideally publishable thesis topic. Taphonomic projects often can fill this role, as many do not require a large budget, are experimental in nature, thus giving students greater control over the data that they will collect, and on topics that have not received large amounts of research. The author presents a list…
The Effects of Household Corrosive Substances on the Dissolution of Complete Pig (Sus scrofa) Carcasses
Caustic substance submersion has been a known method of body dispersal in homicides, and its use continues today in cases involving organized crime. Additional research is necessary to determine whether a complete body can be fully dissolved usingcaustic substances and at what rates. The present study submerged two complete 10-to 15-kg fresh, never-frozen, juvenile pigs (Sus scrofa) in each of three different household corrosive substances (37% s…
Archaeology (10 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (10 works) · Biology (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Paleontology (7 works) · Forensic and Genetic Research (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · History (5 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (5 works)