The Weighty Role Of A Forensic Architect

By Stella Gay


This field has been in existence in Europe since the 1960s, but has been recently here in America that we have a team of professionals available to analyze and recreate events at a site of historical significance. Many sites of interest have been unearthed during construction, and some of them have been important enough to cease work. It is a forensic architect who comes in to tell the story of the events at such a dig.

These scientists must be trained in several forms of architecture as well as general police-style evidence gathering and evaluation. There has been violence committed on basically every corner of the Earth, and these professionals try to tell the stories. For this reason, museums who continue to collect new artifacts will often have such a team employed there.

There is great truth to the notion that the victor gets to write history, but these officers of analysis are attempting to correct some historical inaccuracies. This is a point of great pride, as it is only an unbiased account of an event which shows the agony and courage on all sides of any conflict. It can be difficult when they find evidence that contradicts the accepted narrative, but it is these inaccuracies which dishonor our ancestors.

They often use old newspapers or magazines, written eye-witness accounts, and sometimes aerial footage. The circles of glass in India are an excellent example of the aerial footage, as we were unable to explain them until we had nuclear capability ourselves. Many cite those glass circles as proof that an alien race engaged in some sort of battle on our planet, and it just so happens that the Hindu Veda tells exactly that sort of story.

When a body is found law enforcement is generally called, but these officers frequently request the assistance of a team of architectural historians. If the body cannot be compared successfully against someone on the missing person roster, then it is always possible that the body is much older than anticipated. Some murders of the old world have even been solved, thus closing a door on an unexplained murder hundreds of years ago.

In fact, these professionals are frequently called to task when an ancient site is uncovered that appears to have been a place of worship and human sacrifice. The site of the bog people is an excellent example. The forensics experts came in and discovered that there were most certainly elements of sacrificial rite apparent in the way the bodies were lain, but some of the methods of sacrifice were quite violent, and some of them may have been murdered but buried there to conceal the crime.

Perhaps the most interesting person on any forensics team is the sculptor. This person has been trained to know where the fleshy areas on a face are, and what their depth should be as compared to the bone. They are able to recreate a face using only a skeleton, and they do this with scary precision.

It is key for such professionals to analyze data very carefully, as the establishment of the proper chain of events is their goal. Once the scientists have their story straight, then this event or moment in history can be recreated. Only then can the scientist release their findings press-release style, as this final version may be what will become part of the story taught in schools.




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