Claudia Wingrove

Claudia Wingrove started her PhD in 2023 under the supervision of Prof Alan Outram and Dr Laura Evis. Claudia is developing a multi-methodological database to support recording complex commingled human burials in forensic and archaeological contexts. The database includes metric measurements, zonation, fracture types and more to support reattribution methods and interpretations of a deposition timeline. The development of a numerical scoring method alongside an adaptable digitised recording sheet shall present a revised standardised protocol toward the handling, identification and processing of disarticulated human remains. The use of a micro-CT scanner, SEM and EDS shall support her research into taphonomic and fracture history profiles and provide a visual inventory of taphonomic vs deliberate fracture patterns. 

An internal soil geochemistry experiment will also be conducted across Claudia's second and third year, looking at elemental and ionic exchange between soil and buried bone using two different soil depositions across an incremental timeline to lend insight toward a chemical approach to identifying secondary burials.