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James T. Pokines, PhD

Associate Professor

Boston University School of Medicine

Dept of Anatomy & Neurobiology

PhD, University of Chicago
MA, University of Chicago

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BU Forensic Anthropology Program

ORCID : 0000-0002-0406-420X

Dr. Pokines is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology. He has over 17 years of experience as a Forensic Anthropologist and Forensic Archaeologist. Dr. Pokines received his B.A. degree in anthropology and archaeology from Cornell University, his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in anthropology from the University of Chicago, and A.B.F.A. Board certification in forensic anthropology. His research includes vertebrate osteology, zooarchaeology, taphonomy, and paleoecology, and he has ongoing archaeological projects in the Bolivian Andes (Tiwanaku and related sites), taphonomy of early hominin sites in South Africa, the Paleolithic of northern Jordan, and forensic taphonomy in New England. He is also the Forensic Anthropologist for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Boston.

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

Publications listed below are automatically derived from MEDLINE/PubMed and other sources, which might result in incorrect or missing publications. Faculty can login to make corrections and additions.

Berger JM, Pokines JT, Moore TL. Analysis of Class Characteristics of Reciprocating Saws. J Forensic Sci. 2018 Nov; 63(6):1661-1672.View Related Profiles.
Pokines, James
Moore, Tara
PMID: 29464701.
Pollock CR, Pokines JT, Bethard JD. Organic staining on bone from exposure to wood and other plant materials. Forensic Sci Int. 2018 Feb; 283:200-210. PMID: 29324349.
Yucha JM, Pokines JT, Bartelink EJ. A Comparative Taphonomic Analysis of 24 Trophy Skulls from Modern Forensic Cases. J Forensic Sci. 2017 Sep; 62(5):1266-1278. PMID: 28144937; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13426;.
Brennaman AL, Love KR, Bethard JD, Pokines JT. A Bayesian Approach to Age-at-Death Estimation from Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder in Modern North Americans. J Forensic Sci. 2017 May; 62(3):573-584. PMID: 27930820; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13327;.
Newcomb AM, Pokines JT, Moore TL. Taphonomic Effects of Mechanical Plowing on Buried Juvenile-Sized Remains. J Forensic Sci. 2017 01; 62(1):67-73.View Related Profiles.
Pokines, James
Moore, Tara
PMID: 27864968; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13259;.
Pokines JT, Sussman R, Gough M, Ralston C, McLeod E, Brun K, Kearns A, Moore TL. Taphonomic Analysis of Rodentia and Lagomorpha Bone Gnawing Based Upon Incisor Size. J Forensic Sci. 2017 01; 62(1):50-66.View Related Profiles.
Pokines, James
Moore, Tara
PMID: 27859293; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13254;.
Nowell A, Walker C, Cordova CE, Ames CJH, Pokines JT, Stueber D, DeWitt R, al-Souliman ASA. Middle Pleistocene subsistence in the Azraq Oasis, Jordan: Protein residue and other proxies. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2016; 72:36-33.
Pokines JT, King RE, Graham DD, Costello AK, Adams DM, Pendray JM, Rao K, Siwek D. The effects of experimental freeze-thaw cycles to bone as a component of subaerial weathering. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2016; 6:594-602.
Pokines JT, Springer K. A case of localized corrosion on bone caused by chemical contact. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2016; 66(3):173-186.
Pokines JT, Santana SA, Hellar JD, Bian P, Downs A, Wells N, Price MD. The taphonomic effects of eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) gnawing upon bone. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2016; 66(4):349-375.

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Pokines JT. Taphonomic alterations to terrestrial surface-deposited human osseous remains in a New England, U.S.A. environment. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2016; 66(1):59-78.
L'Abbé EN, Symes SA, Pokines JT, Cabo LL, Stull KE, Kuo S, Raymond DE, Randolph-Quinney PS, Berger LR. Evidence of fatal skeletal injuries on Malapa Hominins 1 and 2. Sci Rep. 2015; 5:15120. PMID: 26459912; PMCID: PMC4602312; DOI: 10.1038/srep15120;.
Pokines JT. Taphonomic alterations by the rodent species woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) upon human skeletal remains. Forensic Sci Int. 2015 Dec; 257:e16-9. PMID: 26358959; DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2015.08.020;.
Pokines JT, Zinni DP, Crowley K. Taphonomic Patterning of Cemetery Remains Received at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Boston, Massachusetts. J Forensic Sci. 2016 Jan; 61 Suppl 1:S71-81. PMID: 26260865; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12902;.
Pokines JT, De La Paz JS. Recovery Rates of Human Fetal Skeletal Remains Using Varying Mesh Sizes. J Forensic Sci. 2016 Jan; 61 Suppl 1:S184-9. PMID: 26259200; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.12922;.
Pokines JT, Higgs N. Macroscopic taphonomic alterations to human bone in marine environments. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2015; 65:953-984.
Pokines JT. A procedure for processing outdoor surface forensic scenes yielding skeletal remains among leaf litter. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2015; 65:161-172.
Pokines JT, Ames CJH. Test excavations at Wadi Zarqa Ma’in 1, a natural sinkhole faunal trap site, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. 2015; 373:121-137.
Pokines JT. Identification of nonhuman remains received in a medical examiner setting. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2015; 65:223-246.
Pokines JT. Taphonomic characteristics of former anatomical teaching specimens received at a Medical Examiner’s office, MA. Journal of Forensic Identification. 2015; 65:173-195.
Pokines JT. A Santería/Palo Mayombe ritual cauldron containing a human skull and multiple artifacts recovered in western Massachusetts, U.S.A. Forensic Sci Int. 2015 Mar; 248:e1-7. PMID: 25614303; DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.12.017;.
Pokines JT, Baker SE. In Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Avian taphonomy. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 427-446.
Higgs N, Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Marine environmental alterations to bone. CRC Press. Boca Raton. 2014; 143-179.
Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Faunal dispersal, aggregation, and gnawing damage to bone in terrestrial environments. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 201-248.
Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Macroscopic osseous taphonomy checklist. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 467-469.
Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Introduction: Collection of macroscopic osseous taphonomic data and the recognition of taphonomic characteristics. CRC Pres. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 1-17.
Pokines JT, Symes SA. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014.
Pokines JT, Baker JE. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Effects of recovery methods. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 447-465.
Junod CA, Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Subaerial weathering. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 287-314.
Ames CJH, Nowell A, Cordova CE, Pokines JT, Bisson MS. Paleoenvironmental change and settlement dynamics in the Druze Marsh: Results of recent excavation at an open-air Paleolithic site. Quaternary International. 2014; 331:60-73.
Symes SA, L’Abbé EN, Pokines JT, Yuzwa T, Messer D, Stromquist A, Keough N. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Thermal alteration to bone. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 367-402.
Pokines JT, Baker JE. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Effects of burial environment on osseous remains. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 73-114.
Symes SA, L’Abbé EN, Stull KE, LaCroix M, Pokines JT. Manual of Forensic Taphonomy ed. by J. T. Pokines and S. A. Symes. Taphonomy and the timing of bone fractures in trauma analysis. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2014; 341-365.
Pokines JT. Mammalian microfaunal remains from Khonkho Wankane (Late Formative Period), Mollo Kontu (Middle Horizon Period), and Pukara de Khonkho (Late Intermediate Period) in the Bolivian altiplano. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 2014; 24:505-516.
Pokines JT, Tersigni-Tarrant MA. Taphonomic processes: Animal scavenging. Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction, ed. by M. A. Tersigni-Tarrant and N. R. Shirley. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 2013; 325-338.
Cordova CE, Nowell A, Bisson M, Ames CJH, Pokines JT, Chang M, al-Nahar M. Interglacial and glacial desert refugia and the Middle Paleolithic of the Azraq Basin, Jordan. Quaternary International. 2013; 300:94-110.
Pokines JT. Herpetofaunal remains from Khonkho Wankane, an urban and ceremonial centre in the southern Lake Titicaca Altiplano: Unique behavioural correlates to osseous taphonomy. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 2013; 23:475-484.
Pokines JT. Avian remains from Khonkho Wankane, an urban and ceremonial center in the southern Lake Titicaca Altiplano. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 2013; 23:746-756.
Pokines JT, Nowell A, Bisson MS, Cordova CE, Ames CJH. The functioning of a natural faunal trap in a semi-arid environment: Preliminary investigations of WZM-1, a limestone sinkhole site near Wadi Zarqa Ma’in, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. Journal of Taphonomy. 2011; 9:89-115.
Cordova CE, Nowell A, Bisson M, Pokines JT, Ames CJH, al-Nahar M. The Druze Marsh Paleolithic Project, North Azraq, Jordan: Stratigraphic sequences from the 2008 and 2009 seasons. Annual of the Department of Antiquities of Jordan. 2009; 53:311-320.
Pokines JT. Prey remains from a Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) roost in the Icla Valley, Bolivia. Journal of Raptor Research. 2007; 41:174-175.
Pokines JT, Kerbis Peterhans JC. Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) den use and taphonomy in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Journal of Archaeological Science. 2007; 34:1914-1931.
Stanley WT, Moyer DC, Mulungu EA, Pokines JT, Bittner JA. Journal of East African Natural History. 2002.
Pokines JT. When the cat’s away: Micromammalian indicators of human seasonality in the Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian. ArchaeoZoologia. 2000; 11:15-32.
Pokines JT. Microfaunal research design in the Cantabrian Spanish Paleolithic. Journal of Anthropological Research. 2000; 56:95-112.
Pokines JT. A late survival of Pliomys lenki (Heller 1930) in Cantabrian Spain. Mammalia. 1998; 62:143-145.
Pokines JT. British Archaeological Reports, International Series. Paleoecology of Lower Magdalenian Cantabrian Spain. Archaeopress. Oxford. 1998; 189 pp..
Pokines JT. Experimental replication and use of Cantabrian Lower Magdalenian antler projectile points. Journal of Archaeological Science. 1998; 25:875-886.
Freeman LG, González Echegaray J, Pokines JT , Stettler H, Krupa M. Tamisage ultra fin et récupération de l’outillage: Observation réalisées a El Juyo (Espagne Cantabrique). L’Anthropologie (Paris). 1998; 102:35-44.
Pokines JT, Kerbis Peterhans J. Barn owl (Tyto alba) taphonomy in the Negev Desert, Israel. Israel Journal of Zoology. 1998; 44:19-27.

This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown, or last author.

Bar chart showing 50 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2014

Bar chart showing 50 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 14 publications in 2014

Year	Publications
1998	5
2000	2
2002	1
2007	2
2009	1
2011	1
2013	4
2014	14
2015	9
2016	8
2017	2
2018	1

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Forensic Anthropology
Forensic Archaeology
Paleoecology
Paleolithic
Taphonomy
Zooarchaeology

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