ABSTRACT
Anthropological and archaeological research often relies on direct observational analysis of objects of antiquity and anthropological remains. Although the information derived from visual inspection can be great, limitations to this approach do exist. What is seen on the surface or through natural openings cannot assist in gathering data about what lies beneath. If a researcher does want to see beyond the surface, destructive methods such as autopsies are often used to see “within” the human remains or object. Videoendoscopy is a tool that can gather imaging data from within research subjects by using nondestructive or minimally destructive approaches, thus making it a valuable tool in these target research domains.
