Acknowledgments

I would first like to extend my deepest gratitude to Dr. Jennifer Rashidi of UCLA. Over the past two years, Dr. Rashidi has served as both a mentor and advisor, guiding my academic and research journey in osteology and ethical anthropology. It was through her courses and ongoing support that I discovered a profound passion for the ethical treatment of human remains and the integration of digital technologies in anthropological research. Her expertise, encouragement, and commitment to rigorous, respectful scholarship have fundamentally shaped my academic trajectory, and for that, I am sincerely grateful.

I would also like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Sabo of the UCLA Digital Humanities Program. Dr. Sabo taught me the foundational tools that allowed me to conceptualize and build this website. Under his guidance, I learned to apply a wide range of digital techniques—including HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Leaflet, Timeline JS, Google Ngram, and GitHub—to digitize and ethically disseminate humanities research. His teaching empowered me to think critically about accessibility, user engagement, and ethical storytelling in digital formats.

I am also deeply grateful to Doug Daniels at the Lux Lab in the Young Research Library at UCLA. Doug provided essential technical training and access to high-resolution 3D scanners and photogrammetry software, which made it possible to carry out the 3D scanning and data visualization components of this project. His support and technical insight were invaluable in making this work possible.

Special thanks are due to UCLA as an institution for fostering a rich interdisciplinary environment where technology, ethics, and scholarship intersect. I am particularly appreciative of the support provided by the Departments of Anthropology and Digital Humanities, and the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology. These departments offered the intellectual infrastructure, mentorship, and equipment that allowed this research to thrive.

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