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Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice approaches forensic anthropology as a modern science, introducing the reader to a comprehensive and current perspective of the field. This is achieved by drawing on the varied experiences, backgrounds and practices of working forensic anthropologis...

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Main Author: Christensen, Angi M.
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Passalacqua, Nicholas V., Bartelink, Eric J.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Elsevier Academic Press, 2014.
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1 online resource (xvi, 448 pages)
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505 0 |a Front Cover; Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Author Biographies; Chapter 1 -- Introduction; 1.1 Forensic anthropology; 1.2 History of forensic anthropology; 1.3 Forensic anthropology today; 1.4 Careers in forensic anthropology; 1.5 Layout of this book; 1.6 Summary; 1.7 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 2 -- Human Osteology and Odontology; 2.1 Principles of human osteology and odontology; 2.2 Bone biology; 2.3 Bone growth and development; 2.4 Skeletal anatomy; 2.5 Dentition; 2.6 Summary; 2.7 Test yourself; Definitions. 
504 |a ReferencesChapter 3-Skeletal Examination and Documentation Methods; 3.1 Examination methods; 3.2 Skeletal remains as evidence; 3.3 Case studies; 3.4 Summary; 3.5 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 4-Medicolegal Significance; 4.1 The medicolegal context; 4.2 Skeletal versus non-skeletal material; 4.3 Human versus non-human skeletal material; 4.4 Contemporary versus non-contemporary human skeletal remains; 4.5 Other considerations in medicolegal significance; 4.6 Case study: human or non-human?; 4.7 Summary; 4.8 Test yourself; Definitions; References. 
505 8 |a Chapter 5 -- Forensic Taphonomy5.1 Principles of forensic taphonomy; 5.2 Decomposition and postmortem soft tissue changes; 5.3 Postmortem skeletal changes; 5.4 Scavenging; 5.5 Body movement and disarticulation patterns; 5.6 Estimating time since death; 5.7 Additional considerations in forensic taphonomy; 5.8 Case study -- forensic taphonomy; 5.9 Summary; 5.10 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 6 -- Forensic Archaeology and Scene Processing Methods; 6.1 Principles of forensic archaeology; 6.2 Recovery scenes; 6.3 Archaeological methods and theory; 6.4 Detection methods. 
505 8 |a 6.5 Recovery methods; 6.6 Scene documentation; 6.7 Evidence collection and packaging; 6.8 Case study -- burial recovery; 6.9 Case study -- fatal fire scene; 6.10 Summary; 6.11 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 7 -- Processing and Preparing Remains; 7.1 Principles of skeletal processing and preparation; 7.2 Processing methods; 7.3 Skeletal reconstruction; 7.4 Commingling; 7.5 Skeletal sampling; 7.6 Skeletal preservation; 7.7 Case study -- processing; 7.8 Summary; 7.9 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 8 -- Sex Estimation; 8.1 Principles of sex estimation. 
505 8 |a 8.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis; 8.3 Metric analysis; 8.4 Other considerations in sex estimation; 8.5 Case study -- sex estimation; 8.6 Summary; 8.7 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 9 -- Ancestry Estimation; 9.1 Principles of ancestry estimation; 9.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis; 9.3 Craniometric analysis; 9.4 Postcranial methods; 9.5 Other considerations in ancestry estimation; 9.6 Case study -- ancestry estimation; 9.7 Summary; 9.8 Test yourself; Definitions; References; Chapter 10 -- Age Estimation; 10.1 Principles of age estimation; 10.2 Age categories. 
500 |a 10.3 Juvenile (subadult) age estimation. 
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