James T. Pokines, PhD
Associate Professor
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
Anatomy & Neurobiology

PhD, University of Chicago
MA, University of Chicago
BA, Cornell University



James T. Pokines, Ph.D., D.-.A.B.F.A., is an Associate Professor in the Forensic Anthropology Program, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. He is also the Forensic Anthropologist for the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and analyzes all unknown bone cases in that state. His prior experience includes twelve years as a Forensic Anthropologist and Manager at the Central Identification Laboratory, Hawaii, recovering and analyzing the remains of missing servicemembers from past conflicts.

His field experience includes excavations in 18 countries, including modern forensic scenes in multiple countries, Tiwanaku sites in Bolivia, a Classical site in Egypt, modern scavenger dens in Kenya, and Paleolithic sites in Spain, France, and Jordan. He has ongoing research in the latter country, including the natural faunal trap site Wadi Zarqa Ma'in 1 and multiple Paleolithic sites in the Azraq basin, His taphonomic interests include scavenger gnawing and dispersal, subaerial weathering, and other environmental effects to bone, and he also researches zooarchaeology, paleoecology, and Paleolithic archaeology. He received his B.A. degree in Anthropology and Archaeology at Cornell University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and is a former Vice President of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology and a current Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.

Graduate Faculty (Primary Mentor of Grad Students)
Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Graduate Medical Sciences




Gull (Laridae) Taphonomy at Shoals Marine Laboratory, Maine, USA
01/01/2023 - 06/30/2027 (PI)
Department of Justice/NIJ




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  1. Pokines, J.T. The Madaba Archaeological Park Excavations (1992-1996), ed. by R. Schick and L. Erker. The faunal remains. American Center of Research. Amman. 2024; 290-303.
  2. Fey, S. J., T. L. Moore, G. Reinecke, and J. T. Pokines . The effects of household corrosive substances on the dissolution of complete pig (Sus scrofa) carcasses. Forensic Anthropology. 2024. View Publication
  3. Blain, H.-A., C. Sánchez-Bandera, J. F. Bisbal-Chinesta, M. Menschel, and J. T. Pokines . Herpetological remains from the lower Magdalenian site of El Juyo (Cantabria, Spain): The challenge of reconstructing climate and landscape from poorly diverse assemblages. Historical Biology. 2024; 2(36):309-330. View Publication
  4. Pokines J.T. Thesis projects in forensic taphonomy. 2023; 2(6):99-116.
  5. Hill MA, Pokines JT. Comparative analysis of fetal pig decomposition processes in burials of variable depths and wrapping. J Forensic Sci. 2022 Nov; 67(6):2192-2202. PMID: 35957506
     
  6. Pokines, J. T., and A. Blanton. Experimental formation of coffin wear on bone. Forensic Anthropology. 2022; 4(5):267-275.
  7. Pokines, J. T., J. A. Beller, A. S. A. al-Souliman, O. Samawi, C. J. H. Ames, C. E. Cordova, and A. Nowell . Radiometric dating of Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1, a limestone sinkhole natural faunal trap near the Dead Sea, using data from test pitting and a portable coring system. Near Eastern Archaeology. 2022; 3(85):192-199.
  8. Pokines JT. Preliminary study of gull (Laridae) scavenging and dispersal of vertebrate remains, Shoals Marine Laboratory, Coastal New England. J Forensic Sci. 2022 May; 67(3):1149-1156. PMID: 35076105
     
  9. Pokines, J. T., C. Kryza-Gersch, and V. S. Reed. Forensic anthropological analysis of a skull sculpture by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. The Seventeenth Century. 2022. View Publication
  10. Pokines, J. T., E. N. L’Abbé, and S. A. Symes, eds. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2022.
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Bar chart showing 106 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 18 publications in 2022

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In addition to these self-described keywords below, a list of MeSH based concepts is available here.

Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Archaeology
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology

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