Forensic anthropology, conservation and new technologies. Application of close-range photometry in human remains in Córdoba, Argentina
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The objective of this work is to contribute to the discussion of the incorporation of new technologies to improve the conservation of human remains, from the implementation of short-range photogrammetry. The study was carried out on human skulls that are under the care of the Institute of Forensic Medicine of the Province of Córdoba, Argentina. Forensic Anthropology and short-range photogrammetry together make up an interdisciplinary field of study where our objective is focused on incorporating new documentation techniques for processing sensible remains and improving the conservation. The incorporation of a digital technique in the practice of this discipline allows us to propose an approach from another perspective to specific problems in this field, allowing the generation of new explanatory possibilities for issues that continually arise during the traditional work of forensic disciplines. In this sense, in the long term, we are interested in generating an information base that in the future will be transformed into a virtual repository with 3D records of human skulls of forensic, bioanthropological, historical and archaeological interest, and in the short term, optimizing the registration and conservation tasks of human remains through their three-dimensional digitization to be able to contribute to the identification and documentation tasks of judicial investigations that enter the institution. On the other hand, we are interested in discussing some ethical concepts focused on the growing digitization of human remains and the care that must be prioritized for their correct diffusion considering that at least in our country there is legislation that protects the exhibition of human remains.
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