Reviewing the Human Remains Detection Dog Workshop

Summary

This is an abstract from the "New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

The National Park Service’s Center for Preservation Technology and Training (NCPTT) facilitated a workshop for archaeologists in May 2023 at the Poverty Point National Historic Landmark/World Heritage Site as part of an ongoing effort to research human remains detection (HRD) dogs for nondestructive archaeological investigations. HRD dogs supplement investigations by adding another layer of evidence to remote sensing surveys. NCPTT, the Friends of NCPTT, and Poverty Point hosted the workshop to expand the network between archaeologists and HRD dog handlers; review the theory and methods of canine search in different settings as the foundation for HRD; and conduct field exercises to demonstrate best practices to archaeologists. Additionally, data collected at Poverty Point historic cemeteries during field exercises, combined with past HRD dog and geophysical investigation results, provided insight on how results can vary with environmental conditions and different dog teams.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• New and Emerging Geophysical and Geospatial Research in the National Parks   •
• Society for American Archaeology 89th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (2024)

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Abstract Id(s): 38808.0