TRACES

The School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences at the University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) established TRACES – the Taphonomic Research in Anthropology: Centre for Experimental Studies – in May 2009.  TRACES comprise 13 acres of land and associated facilities in the northwest of England. 

TRACES currently conducts experiments in all aspects of decomposition, trauma, forensic entomology, and forensic DNA using animal models. 

The staff at TRACES are interested in conducting parallel experiments with similar centres elsewhere. 

The TRACES site, and/or the expertise of its staff, is available for hire by researchers who wish to conduct taphonomic studies concerning case-related questions but lack their own facilities.