ABSTRACT
From a U.K. perspective, and perhaps wearing “rose-colored glasses,” there appears to be an almost seamless continuum between anthropology and archaeology in the U.S., with forensic applications of both happily ensconced within. Not so in the U.K. Here, period-based archaeology encompasses a wide range of traditionally defined specialties including biological anthropology, environmental archaeology (e.g., palynology and entomology), and geophysical prospection. Despite the best efforts of U.K. practitioners and exponents, forensic applications of archaeology and anthropology are largely shunned by the majority of mainstream archaeologists and anthropologists, where they are seen as somewhat ghoulish and irrelevant to the intellectual goals of both disciplines. This situation is unfortunate, and it is hoped that with time this barrier will be removed. The use of forensic data as archaeological analogues will assist in this process.
