Projektbeschreibung
Wissenschaft für mehr Gewissheit: Sortierung von menschlichen Überresten
Nach Ereignissen wie Naturkatastrophen oder Kriegen werden menschliche Überreste häufig in Massengräbern bestattet. Um die menschlichen Überreste der Verstorbenen so gut wie möglich zu sortieren, sind spezielle und präzise Verfahren erforderlich. Die Effektivität der heutigen Methoden wird jedoch stark dadurch eingeschränkt, dass sie die dreidimensionale Morphologie angrenzender Flächen nicht berücksichtigen können. Das EU-finanzierte Projekt Human Jigsaw will dieses Problem angehen und wird dazu innovative Verfahren der dreidimensionalen geometrischen Morphometrie und des maschinellen Lernens miteinander kombinieren, um die Sortierung von menschlichen Überresten zu erleichtern.
Ziel
The “Human Jigsaw” will address the key issue of sorting commingled human remains, by amalgamating state-of-the-art techniques in three dimensional geometric morphometrics and machine learning. The deposition of multiple bodies in mass graves has been common practice worldwide after warfare, natural disasters or as part of the funerary treatment of the deceased. In Cyprus, where this project is to be materialized, the events that took place in 1963-64 and 1974 have resulted in an unspecified number of individuals having been buried in mass graves, of which over 2000 Greek and Turkish Cypriots are still missing. Commingling, the mixing of the skeletal elements of different individuals, is a grave issue in such contexts. A major limitation of current methods for sorting the remains of different individuals is that they do not effectively take into account the three-dimensional morphology of adjoining surfaces. The “Human Jigsaw” will focus on matching the main elements of the lower skeleton (os coxae, femora, tibiae), which are the elements that provide basic biological profile information (age, sex and stature). The produced methods will be subsequently applied in Minoan and pre-Mycenaean assemblages, addressing issues of the post-mortem treatment of the dead. The “Human Jigsaw” will have major implications in forensic anthropology as it will facilitate the identification of unknown subjects. In bioarchaeological contexts, the results of this project will have implications in archaeothanatology and funerary taphonomy by allowing a more accurate assessment of the palaeodemographic profile of the deceased who were deposited in mass burials.
Wissenschaftliches Gebiet
Programm/Programme
Thema/Themen
Aufforderung zur Vorschlagseinreichung
Andere Projekte für diesen Aufruf anzeigenUnterauftrag
H2020-WF-01-2018
Finanzierungsplan
MSCA-IF-EF-ST - Standard EFKoordinator
2121 Nicosia
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