I've found the following:
From a footnote in article from West Virginia Division of Culture and History website. Dr. Bowser was "familiar with forensics."
http://www.wvculture.org/History/journal_wvh/wvh50-5.html 15. Ibid., 11E132; Allman, Lewis Wetzel, 192-95. When Wetzel's skeleton was exhumed near Natchez, Mississippi, by Dr. Albert W. Bowser in 1942, the grave was identified by the remains of his rifle and shot pouch contents with which he was known to have been buried. The skeleton revealed a broad-shouldered man of five feet nine inches in height. Dr. Bowser, who was familiar with forensic medicine, found the mid-forties male skeleton to match Wetzel's age at death. Another article notes that there were imprints of long hair in the soil which was also consistent with Wetzel’s description.
www.earlyamerica.com/review/spring97/wetzel.html
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Subject: Re: Lewis Wetzel
Probably, but I am not sure and have not found who was responsible for the
exhumation. He was brought back to Wheeling, WVA, for reburial. I'm hoping
that someone on this list may have access to archaeological journals that may
have discussed this dig.
Clara
Sunshine49 <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Is there a Mississippi archaeological society you could contact?
Nancy
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On Jan 14, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Clara Callahan wrote:
> Does anyone know if, when Lewis Wetzel was exhumed in Mississippi,
> proper archaeological protocol was followed and, if so, if notes
> and photographs on/of the exhumation are available to us?
>
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