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An archaeologist in the process of an exhumation tries to apply
all his knowledge, all his archaeological methodology,
related to recovery of remains, in this case, human remains.
Throughout the exhumations of mass graves,
the archaeologist has to be supported not only by archaeologists
but also by forensic anthropologists;
medical specialists, maybe in odontology,
and some historians are also frequently necessary.
In small ways, all of these are sciences that are helpful;
that is, within that group.
The archaeologist or archaeology becomes an auxiliary science.
The technical work of the archaeologist begins
in pure exploration, when he is trying to locate
the site of the mass grave either with an excavator or by hand.
Once located, he delimits it.
Once defined, he excavates it.
He digs, trying to keep all the evidence,
both fragments of bones and non-organic evidence,
such as personal objects,for example.
The archaeologist must maintain them
until the time that they are recorded and documented
and when they have already been extracted from the subsoil.
At this point the work of the archaeologist is finished.