Estado de preservación cadavérica diferencial en tres subadultos del Cementerio Sur de Madrid

The Identified Skeletal Collection of the School of Legal Medicine: a contemporary osteological collection housed in Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

“…Individuals exhumed 10 years after death can be found in different states of decomposition, from completely skeletonized individuals to challenges with soft putrilage and adipocere, which can affect the state of preservation. In addition, the taphonomic conditions specific to each grave cause different colorations due to the decomposition processes and microclimates present in each grave [ 25 , 26 ].…”

“…Since its origins, the collection has been instrumental in various projects which have been published in high-impact journals and presented at national and international conferences [ 20 , 25 – 34 ]. It has served as a reference collection of a Spanish sample with a good quality of preservation and has served to develop final degree projects, master’s theses, and doctoral dissertations [ 17 , 21 , 22 , 35 ]…”

“…The anthropological study of the collection is ongoing, and several different lines of research are being carried out, ranging from physical and forensic anthropology to taphonomy and comparative anatomy. Currently, the ontogeny of anatomical variants in the Spanish population [ 27 ], differences in muscle markers of activity, the impact of late decomposition in corpses exhumed from the South Cemetery [ 25 , 26 ], and the mechanism of injury in polytrauma, among other scientific areas, are being studied. In addition, specific methodologies have been developed for a contemporary Spanish population using the clavicle [ 20 , 35 ], talus [ 28 ], mandible [ 22 ], long bones [ 21 ], and teeth [ 36 , 37 ] for biological profile estimation.…”