Student Research Photo Gallery
Senior Forensic Anthropology student, Ben Thompson, researching the problems in differentiating Hispanic crania from other ancestral groups.
Senior Forensic Anthropology student Laken Campbell using the RUFSI Keyence Digital Microscope to analyze perimortem Blunt Force Trauma to human ribs.
William Willis, a recent RU Anthropological Sciences graduate and current RUFSI intern uses the RUFSI’s portable x-ray fluorescence (XRF) chemical analyzer to compare the chemical signatures of lithic (stone) resources used by prehistoric Native American to make stone tools in Southwest Virginia.
Daniel Riegel, senior Anthropological Sciences major, is analyzing prehistoric ceramics (pottery) from Native American sites.
Laurel Finney recently investigated, through the use of the XRF, the presence of GSR (gunshot residue) on bone undergoing gunshot trauma.