About the Authors

Alexandra L. Emmons

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Amy Z. Mundorff

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Sarah W. Keenan

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Geology and Geological Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, South Dakota, United States of America

Jonathan Davoren

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Bode Cellmark Forensics, Lorton, Virginia, United States of America

Janna Andronowski

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

David O. Carter

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Laboratory of Forensic Taphonomy, Forensic Sciences Unit, Chaminade University of Honolulu, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Jennifer M. DeBruyn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

jdebruyn@utk.edu

Affiliation Department of Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

This project was supported by Award No. 2010-DN-BX-K229, awarded by the National Institute of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to AZM, JMD, and JD and Award 1549726, awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), to JMD. DOJ and NSF had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Bode Cellmark Forensics provided support in the form of salary for JD, but did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this manuscript are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the DOJ, NSF or Bode Cellmark Forensics.