Documented skeletal collections in Greece: Composition,research, and future prospects

Documented skeletal collections constitute a key resource in forensic anthropological and bioarchaeological research as they allow both the development of methods for the estimation of various parameters of an individual's biological profile, and the examination of the accuracy of existing methods in different skeletal assemblages. The acknowledgement of the utility of documented collections is attested by the large number of such collections across the world. The current review will focus on two modern reference collections in Greece, briefly presenting their composition, the research projects in which they have been employed, and future prospects for their use.