Rachel K Wentz

Dr. Wentz is a former firefighter/paramedic who retired from Orlando Fire Department and went on to complete an MS and PhD in Anthropology at Florida State University. She specializes in the analysis of human remains with foci on ancient disease and population health. Dr. Wentz has analyzed remains from Windover, Little Salt Spring, and Calico Hill and has done skeletal work in England, St. Croix, and Ukraine. She obtained forensic experience at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at...See more

Dr. Wentz is a former firefighter/paramedic who retired from Orlando Fire Department and went on to complete an MS and PhD in Anthropology at Florida State University. She specializes in the analysis of human remains with foci on ancient disease and population health. Dr. Wentz has analyzed remains from Windover, Little Salt Spring, and Calico Hill and has done skeletal work in England, St. Croix, and Ukraine. She obtained forensic experience at the C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory at the University of Florida and has taught courses in physical anthropology, human osteology, and forensic anthropology at Florida State University. She is the author of six books, including Let Burn: The Making and Breaking of a Firefighter/Paramedic; Life and Death at Windover: Excavations of a 7,000-Year-Old Pond Cemetery; and her latest, Searching Sand and Surf: The Origins of Archaeology in Florida. See less