This course will utilize both forensic science and methods of archaeology to discover and analyze a crime scene. The focus of the course is on hands-on activities, both outside at an archaeological dig and inside the lab. The students will first learn how to approach a suspected crime scene. We will gather the evidence through the use of archaeological techniques to dig up the grave and analyze the evidence using established forensic science methods. Fingerprinting, hair analysis, impressions evidence, and handwriting analysis (among others) are highlighted in this course. The students will also learn how to “read” bones and be able to determine sex, age, ancestry, time of death, health, and manner of death of a victim. The students will use evidence and deductive reasoning to determine the biological and demographic information of victims and track down the perpetrator of the crime.