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Owsley-Mann protocol

The fragment identification and triage methodology developed by Douglas Owsley (Smithsonian Institution) and Robert Mann (DPAA) for systematically assigning commingled bone fragments to skeletal elements and sides, primarily from mass-grave and mass-disaster recovery contexts. Prioritises articular surfaces, muscle attachments, cortical thickness, and cross-sectional shape.

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