Clea Koff
Wednesday, May 12, 2004
Forensic anthropologist Clea Koff’s work has led her to the sites of some of the worst genocides of human history, including mass graves in Rwanda and parts of the former Yugoslavia. She explains how efforts to exhume bodies in these areas has not only helped in establishing the identity of the victims but uncovered evidence of war crimes, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist's Search for Truth in the Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia,Croatia, and Kosovo.
» Read an excerpt of Bone Woman in the Reading Room
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
» Read an excerpt of Bone Woman in the Reading Room
Music: Meet Joe Black Soundtrack composer Thomas Newman
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