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Beginning with a modest spot of land for the Anthropology Research Facility, also known as The Body Farm, the Forensic Anthropology Center has grown into a leading institution for forensic anthropology research and training.
- Body Donation
There is no cost to you or your family for the donation of...
- UTK Donated Skeletal Collection
The UTK Donated Skeletal Collection was established in 1981...
- Collections and Research
The Body Farm: The Anthropology Research Facility The...
- Research Requests and Application Forms
Research Requests. We encourage students and faculty from...
- Publications
For a list of selected presentations and publications using...
- Age, Sex and Ancestry Distribution
Age, Sex and Ancestry Distribution - Forensic Anthropology...
- FORDISC 3.1 Personal Computer Forensic Discriminant Functions
FORDISC 3.1 Personal Computer Forensic Discriminant...
- Forensic Anthropology Data Bank (FDB)
Forensic identification criteria for sex, ancestry, stature...
- Body Donation
Video of a Body Farm-hosted course for FBI evidence response team (ERT) to training in forensic anthropology techniques for use at crime scenes. As of November 2023, the Body Farm covers 2.5 acres (10,000 m 2) of land and is surrounded by razor-wire and fences.
A body farm is a research facility where decomposition of humans and animals can be studied in a variety of settings. The initial facility was conceived by anthropologist William M. Bass in 1981 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Bass was interested in studying the decomposition of a human corpse from the time of ...
14 lis 2011 · Behind the University of Tennessee, a little outside of Knoxville, there’s a 2.5-acre plot of land surrounded by a razor wire fence. Often called the “Body Farm,” this site has helped ...
The real-life BODY FARM is located at the University of Tennessee's Forensic Anthropology Center. Founded by Dr. William Bass, the Center includes two departments: a state-of-the-art scientific research facility, and an outdoor research site known as the Body Farm.
12 kwi 2024 · The Forensic Anthropology Center (FAC) is internationally known for research on human decomposition and modern human variation. At the program’s core is the dynamic body donation program that currently comprises almost two thousand individuals in the UTK Donated Skeletal Collection and more than 4,000 registered future donors (pre-donors).
There is no cost to you or your family for the donation of your body to the Department of Anthropology. If you are in Tennessee and within 100 miles of Knoxville we can pick up your body at no charge.
