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Post by noggy on Jul 12, 2024 6:00:59 GMT -6
Wow, that is really cool! Noggy
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Post by Yan Taylor on Jul 12, 2024 12:48:57 GMT -6
Amazing! get a couple of those up on the battlefield as soon as, oh but wait, they will probably have to wait for the park ranger service to grant them permission, so dont hold your breath. But I would like to see the results one day.
Ian
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Post by lakotadan on Jul 12, 2024 13:37:38 GMT -6
Yes, my friend Ian-
I would like to also see the results one day if the National Park Service uses cadaver dogs to search the battlefield!
It is my understanding that cadaver dogs are more accurate and quicker at finding remains than using ground penetrating radar!
The battlefield can be sectored off and each sector could be searched by the dog (or dogs). The handlers of the dogs would have to avoid the soldier markers since the lingering scent of remains that were removed could still be there.
If one of the cadaver dogs made a hit on a possible buried trooper remain (or remains) the site could be marked for a future archaeological dig.
However, it would not surprise me if the NPS currently has no intention of finding the remains of fallen troopers and honoring them.
Maybe they don’t want to dig up the battlefield (and make big holes) to find the remains. Although I would think finding the possible remains of the fallen would (and should) be a big priority for the NPS.
Oh well, it may all just be about building a new visitor’s center and widening the roads for tourism for now (my opinion!).
Who cares about the fallen and the possible remains that may still be buried somewhere on the battlefield (evidently not the NPS).
Oh well, it is what it is.
Onward.
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Post by lakotadan on Jul 12, 2024 16:03:25 GMT -6
O.K. my friends.
So, in response to my own post above (hey, never did that before!).
Let’s look at this cadaver dog thing logically.
This is the 21st century and we are dealing with a Federal agency (the National Park Service).
I believe getting cadaver dogs out to the battlefield would take the O.K. of someone superior to the Little Bighorn Park superintendent.
Then, a government contract would have to be set up between the NPS and the cadaver dog handlers.
Also, when the dog handlers were on site at the battlefield the NPS will have to coordinate with the NPS archeologists to be on site also so the archeologists could observe and record what was going on.
So, let’s say the cadaver dog hits on remains. That site will be marked.
Then the NPS archeologists will either dig at that time or return at a later date to dig (which also must be coordinated and figured out with equipment and more NPS personnel).
If a remain (or remains) are found, then those remains will probably be shipped out to a laboratory for further analysis to possibly determine wounds caused to the bone (or bones) in battle and other possibilities (such as what was the age of the victim, what was their general health, and other such possible things).
After the analysis of the remain (or remains) by the laboratory, the NPS Dr’s of archeology will be writing their findings for the NPS and for their further academia standing.
By the time all this is done, it may take a couple of years!
What will happen to the remains that were found on the battlefield and have been sent for analysis?
They will probably be labeled, marked, and stored in a filing cabinet in a laboratory or museum or something like that.
Those remains will probably never make it back to the Little Bighorn for proper interment with the other remains that are under the monument (maybe to be buried alongside the monument?).
So, maybe just better to let things be and let the remains (if there are any) be undisturbed and at least stay buried on the battlefield!
Sometimes seemingly simple things can (in reality) be very, very complicated! Maybe that is why the NPS is not searching for remains! Just my opinion!
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