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Anthropology Research Facility (ARF)

The first outdoor human decomposition research facility, established by William M. Bass at the University of Tennessee Knoxville in 1981. The foundational reference site for accumulated degree day (ADD) and decomposition stage research in temperate North American conditions.

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Accumulated degree days (ADD)AFTERCadaver decomposition island (CDI)FACTSHuman Tissue Act 2004 (HTA)NecrobiomeScavenger successionSTAFSWilled-body donation

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