ABSTRACT
Historically, the analytical expertise of forensic investigators and archaeologists has been combined on numerous occasions. Both elds of research emerged during the 19th century, and both disciplines were concerned with the proper identi cation of materials encountered during investigation (Davis, 1992; Hester et al., 2008). ere 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. e nal goals may dier, but the philosophy is much the same. Both disciplines use and present evidence in order to prove their cases.
