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A body farm is a research facility where decomposition of humans and animals can be studied in a variety of settings. The initial facility was conceived by anthropologist William M. Bass in 1981 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, where Bass was interested in studying the decomposition of a human corpse from the time of ...
Our resources and facilities include the Anthropology Research Facility (commonly known as The Body Farm), a dynamic body donation program, the UTK Donated Skeletal Collection, Professional Training Courses and the William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Building.
The University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm and sometimes seen as the Forensic Anthropology Facility, was conceived in 1971 and established in 1972 by anthropologist William M. Bass as the first facility for the study of decomposition of human remains.
- Dr. Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, DABFA
- University of Tennessee
- 1972 (51 years ago)
Dec 15, 2022 · Body farms were the answer. Bass’ body farm started on a 1.3-acre plot on university land, where researchers would leave human bodies donated to the facility out in the open to decay under various conditions so that the results could be observed and tracked.
- John Kuroski
Mar 20, 2019 · The outdoor site—popularly known as the “Body Farm”—consists of 2.5 shady acres where human donors are buried, partially covered, or left out in the elements so forensic anthropologists can...
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Founded by Dr. William Bass, the Center includes two departments: a state-of-the-art scientific research facility, and an outdoor research site known as the Body Farm. Here, human remains lay openly exposed to the elements.
