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Science on the Western Front
In this Catalyst article the work of archaeologists working on the graves of World War One (WWI) victims is described. The total number of military dead in WWI is estimated at 8.5–10 million. In the mud and confusion, many of the dead did not have proper burials. Many temporary graves were destroyed by later shellfire. There are some 100,000 missing and assumed buried on the fields of the Somme alone, so it is not surprising that the remains of soldiers of the Great War are occasionally recovered during archaeological investigations. The article describes the techniques used to identify the victims when new graves of the war dead are found.
This article is from Catalyst: Secondary Science Review 2011, Volume 21, Issue 4.
Catalyst is a science magazine for students aged 14-19 years. Annual subscriptions to print copies of the magazine can be purchased from Mindsets.
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