15. Pit of osseous remains

This is a newly excavated pit of osseous remains from April 1998 to December 1999. The osseous remains are arranged in seven layers, with a surface of 208 pieces, covering an area of 170 square meters. These osseous remains are scattered, some seriously distorted, some have bullet puncture marks, men and women are old and young, the youngest is 3 years old, the oldest is more than 60 years old, after research by experts in law, medicine, archaeology and history, these bones are confirmed as the osseous remains of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. On April 30 1998, after the remains of the "mass grave" site were found again in Jiangdongmen, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage issued the "Archaeological Excavation Certificate of the People's Republic of China". Subsequently, the archaeological staff of the Nanjing Museum Archaeology Department excavated and cleaned up the osseous remains. The forensic doctors of Nanjing Public Security Bureau Institute of Criminal Science conducted forensic identification of these bones, and the bone density was determined by Nanjing Gulou Hospital to be 1.803.and compared the data provided by forensic textbooks such as "Forensic Anthropology" and "Forensic Diagnostics" in China and Japan, it was determined that the bones had been buried for 60 years. Some of the witnesses who participated in the Jiangdongmen "mass grave" buried the body also testified on the scene of this batch of skeletons. After extensive research, the osseous remains were confirmed as those of the victims of the Nanjing Massacre. The scrivener of the Nanjing Notary Office carried out legal notarization of the bones unearthed at the scene and issued a notarial Certificate of Preserving Evidence.