Praedium Mortis: A Conversation A...

Praedium Mortis: A Conversation About Decomposition, Research, & Facilities (w/Danny Wescott, Ph.D., D-ABFA)

The Bone Club by Ashley C. Smith, Stephanie Hartley, Jenna MacRae
E11
Aug 16, 2025
01:11:32

Episode notes

What happens to us when we die? To help answer that question anthropologists have developed research facilites to study human decomposition. Join Stephaine and Ashley as we talk with Dr. Danny Wescott of Texas State University's Forensic Anthropology Center about the fascinating world of decomposition, the research, facilities, and the ethics that surrounds it all.

For more information on the Forensic Anthropology Center or on the topic rasied, you can email Dr. Wescott at: dwescott@txstate.edu or email us at boneclubpodcast@gmail.edu

Keywords

forensic anthropology
Forensic Science
decomposition
decomposition research facilities
taphonomy
taphonomic research facilities
body farm
Texas State University
Forensic Anthropology Center