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The term forensic archaeology also identifies a sector that uses archaeological, scientific, and legal disciplines to study and analyse the strategies and modus operandi of criminal groups which endanger and undermine cultural heritage through theft, looting, and national and international trafficking.
A forensic archaeologist serves as an expert or consultant to the court, investigators, law enforcement, lawyers, and other figures, institutions, local authorities, or private individuals and must demonstrate the origin of archaeological finds and art subject to illegal excavations or illicit trafficking and draw up appraisals and assessments on damage to cultural heritage and seized archaeological finds and artwork.
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Barone, P.M. (2018). Not Just Body and Decomposition: Forensic Archaeology Preventing Antiquity Crimes. In: Barone, P., Groen, W. (eds) Multidisciplinary Approaches to Forensic Archaeology. Soil Forensics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94397-8_16
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