Mortuary archaeologists also use living groups to their advantage when studying populations that are no longer living . Mortuary archaeologists also are involved in conflict archaeology , and study mass burials from different historical events , like World War II and the Guatemalan genocide . These particular events will deal with comingled individuals . However , not all events are involved in mass burials or of historic context . One instance of a single individual involved in conflict , is that of Otzi . This is an example of a single individual that had been shot and killed . There are different methods that contribute to mortuary archaeology including analyzing different burial techniques between and within populations and creating a biological profile of the individual ( s ) . There are two main methods used by bioarchaeologists to analyze the context of a burial as well as the individual that is buried . The first type of method looks at the burial and human remains context . The next method looks at the remains in the lab to see what information can be collected from the remains . These methods help researchers understand different aspects of the culture of a group
Guatemalan genocide
Guatemalan genocide
Mortuary archaeology