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INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ADOPT A STANDARD PROCEDURE TO ANALYSE A CRIME SCENE, BEGINNING WITH A LANDSCAPE MACROSCOPIC STUDY (E.G., REMOTE SENSING) TILL A MICROSCOPIC EVIDENCE ANALYSIS (E.G., ARCHAEOLOGICAL STRATIGRAPHY) FOLLOWING INTERMEDIATE STEPS SUCH AS GEOPHYSICS, FIELDWALKING, AND TAPHONOMY. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Forensic archaeological investigations include not only the search for cadavers in the broad sense but also investigations relating to the destruction or damage of archaeological sites and monuments, illegal excavations (terrestrial and underwater) and looting of artefacts, assessing the financial and archaeological damage caused in order to examine the possibilities of identifying those responsible for the damage; investigations to help establish the provenance of antiquities that may have been illegally acquired or falsified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK INTEGRATES AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROCESS AND A RESEARCH CYCLE WITH CRIMINALISTIC AND CRIMINOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE. BY DOING SO, FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGY MUST ANALYZE, INTERPRET AND RECONSTRUCT HUMAN/CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR AND THE NATURAL PROCESSES THAT HAVE FORMED AND MODIFIED AN INVESTIGATED CRIME SCENE. IN THIS COMMENTARY, THE BOUNDARIES OF THIS DISCIPLINE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED TO HELP BETTER UNDERSTAND WHO FORENSIC ARCHAEOLOGISTS ARE AND WHAT THEIR JOB ENTAILS. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]