# Stenton 2024: Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition

> Douglas R. Stenton, Stephen Fratpietro, Robert W. Park, 2024. 6 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The identification of a senior officer, and…

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# Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition

Douglas R. Stenton, Stephen Fratpietro, Robert W. Park, 2024. _Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 59: 104748_.

Identifies Captain James Fitzjames of HMS Erebus from a tooth in a mandible bearing cut marks, by a Y-DNA match with a distant paternal relative.

**Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)** ArticleCopy of **[Mandible with cut marks identified as James Fitzjames](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts/ART0D59KB2R1HKF/mandible-with-cut-marks-identified-as-james-fitzjames)** doi: **[10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104748](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104748)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The identification of a senior officer, and direct evidence that his body was cannibalised.

## Cited by on this site 6 records

[Mandible with cut marks identified as James Fitzjames](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts/ART0D59KB2R1HKF/mandible-with-cut-marks-identified-as-james-fitzjames)

ART

[Mandible with cut marks identified as James Fitzjames: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/copies/CPY0D59KEZR0YQP/mandible-with-cut-marks-identified-as-james-fitzjames-photo)

CPY

[Fitzjames's mandible bears cut marks.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/evidence/EVD0D59K8500DR4/fitzjamess-mandible-bears-cut-marks)

Evidence

EVD

[Captain James Fitzjames is identified from a mandible with cut marks](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/events/EVT0D59JY4P6D78/captain-james-fitzjames-is-identified-from-a-mandible-with)

EVT

[James Fitzjames](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/people/FIG0D59JSR23S62/james-fitzjames)

FIG

[The Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

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Stenton, D. R., Fratpietro, S., & Park, R. W. (2024). Identification of a senior officer from Sir John Franklin's Northwest Passage expedition. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 59: 104748. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104748
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[Read it free at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104748)

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Journal article

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The publisher's

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27 Oct 2026, for editors

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Against the published article

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