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An important and interesting take on mortuary/body processing/manipulation of human remains after death. --Sara Becker, University of California, Riverside There is much the study of dead bodies--physical and mortuary remains--can tell us about social structures and the creation (or reproduction) of social memories. --Pamela Geller, University of Miami

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Anna J. Osterholtz is assistant professor of anthropology in the Department of Anthropology and Middle Eastern Cultures at Mississippi State University. She is a specialist in the analysis of commingled and fragmentary human remains and how the body can be manipulated for social ends. She has developed a recording system for commingled remains that has been used in Europe, the UAE, and the Americas. She maintains active research programs in both Croatia and Cyprus.  

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