A bit of documentary on the Donner Party:
Donner Party Archaeology and Forensic Science
Donald L Hardesty discusses the archaeology and forensic science used at the Donner Party camp sites in the Sierra Nevada mountains.
This is a good video, but I can't embed it, but go have a look.
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