The human bone manual
This text serves as a guide for professional anthropologists, osteologists, law enforcement officers, and forensic specialists working with human bones in the field or laboratory. In addition to the text itself, hundreds of photographs are included, providing a tool in comparing specimens for rapid...
Main Author: | White, T. D. |
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Other Authors: | Folkens, Pieter A., ScienceDirect (Online service) |
Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Amsterdam ; Boston :
Elsevier Academic,
[2005]
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Physical Description: |
1 online resource (xx, 464 pages) : illustrations. |
Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Field procedures for skeletal remains
- Ethics in osteology
- Bone biology & variation
- Postmortem skeletal modification
- Anatomical terminology
- Skull
- Dentition
- Hyoid & vertebrae
- Thorax : sternum & ribs
- Shoulder girdle : clavicle & scapula
- Arm : humerus, radius, & ulna
- Hand : carpals, metacarpals, & phalanges
- Pelvic girdle : sacrum, coccyx, & os coxae
- Leg : femur, patella, tibia, & fibula
- Foot : tarsals, metatarsals, & phalanges
- Osteological & dental pathology
- Laboratory procedures & reporting
- The skeletal biology of individuals & populations.