ABSTRACT
Historically, the analytical expertise of forensic investigators and archaeologists has been combined on numerous occasions. Both fields of research emerged during the nineteenth century, and both disciplines were concerned with the proper identification of materials encountered during investigation (Davis, 1992; Renfrew and Bahn, 2000). There is a theme common to the work of archaeologists and the work of forensic investigators; both attempt to understand the nature, sequence, and underlying reasons for certain events in the past. Their final goals may differ, but their philosophy is much the same. Both disciplines use and present evidence in order to prove their cases.
