Exploring Forensic Archaeology: How Ancient Fingerprints Are Providing Context For Historical Civilizations

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Richard Jacobs

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🗓️ 15 September 2022

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today we uncover human culture with forensic archaeologist Kimberlee Sue Moran. Kimberlee is the Founder of Forensic Outreach and the Director of Forensics at Rutgers University. Currently, she is working on excavating the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Cemetery – and in this episode, she reveals the methods she uses to make intriguing historical discoveries…

Kimberlee has been a forensic consultant and educator for two decades, which she has been doing in tandem with her archeological work. Over the years, she has researched everything from ancient fingerprints to artificial cranial deformation, providing her with a fascinating insight into the world of our ancestors.

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Join us now to hear Kimberlee discuss:

The variables that affect body decomposition.
Her work with ancient fingerprints, and how this research provides historical context.
What she has found while excavating the First Baptist Church of Philadelphia Cemetery.

Wondering what the earth beneath your feet can tell you about the past? This episode is sure to enlighten you!

You can learn more about Kimberlee Sue Moran and her work by visiting kimberleemoran.camden.rutgers.edu now!

Episode also available on Apple Podcast: http://apple.co/30PvU9C

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0:00.0	So I have lots of different research projects going on at any particular time.
0:04.4	One of the things that I am currently working on is the excavation of the first batch
0:09.6	of church of Philadelphia cemetery in Philadelphia. This was a cemetery that was rediscovered
0:16.0	during construction. According to the historic records, this cemetery was relocated in 1860.
0:23.0	I think the oldest fingerprints, the oldest, you know, what I would call usable fingerprints,
0:27.4	meaning that you can see the details within the fingerprints and those details that we use
0:31.6	from making comparisons. The oldest fingerprints that I've worked on so far have been from about
0:36.6	3,000 BC, around 3,000, 3,500 BC from Mesopotamia. So about 5,000 years old. And, you know,
0:44.4	it's clay. Once the clay hardens, as long as there's no kind of abrasion or anything like that,
0:50.2	that fingerprint is locked in that clay, you know, literally from millennial for thousands of years.
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