The Poetics of Processing
Memory Formation, Identity, and the Handling of the Dead
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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.