Assistant Professor, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology
Areas of Expertise
Forensic anthropology; forensic archaeology; vertebrate osteology; paleoecology; Paleolithic; taphonomy; zooarchaeology
About Professor Pokines
Dr. Pokines is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology and an A.B.F.A. board-certified forensic anthropologist and also a zooarchaeologist. His research has included Tiwanaku sites in Bolivia and Peru, Paleolithic sites in Spain and France, Classical sites in Egypt, neotaphonomic sites in Kenya, and early hominin sites in South Africa. He is currently engaged in a multi-site research program in the Paleolithic of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, including Wadi Zarqa Ma’in near the Dead Sea and the Azraq Oasis in the eastern desert. Dr. Pokines also brings twelve years of prior forensic anthropology experience from the Central Identification Laboratory in Hawaii, where he ran forensic excavations in locations including the U.S., Tibet, China, North Korea, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Iraq, and Greenland. He is also concurrently the Forensic Anthropologist at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and provides all forensic anthropological analysis for the state.
Select Publications
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Menschel M, Pokines JT, Reinecke G. Correlation between saw blade width and kerf width. J Forensic Sci. 2020 Sep 21.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32956530
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Peace BN, Pokines JT, Cummings PM, Harbaugh AG. Examination of Hacking and Blunt Force Skeletal Trauma. J Forensic Sci. 2020 Jun 24. PMID: 32579247
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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. PMID: 29464701