Skeletal analyses have become more difficult to carry out, especially in the U.S., where American Indian communities now often request the return of skeletons from archaeological excavations for reburial, as required by federal law. Which of the following techniques helps to resolve this conflict?

a. Coating it with latex
b. Dissolving it with chemicals
c. 3D digital images of skeletons
d. Cutting it into pieces and saving a few
e. Analyzing its shape


c

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