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- ISBN-10 : 0128122013
- ISBN-13 : 978-0128122013
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A Laboratory Manual for Forensic Anthropology approaches forensic anthropology as a modern and well-developed science, and includes consideration of forensic anthropology within the broader forensic science community, with extensive use of case studies and recent research, technology and challenges that are applied in field and lab contexts. This book covers all practical aspects of forensic anthropology, from field recoveries, to lab analyses, emphasizing hands-on activities. Topics include human osteology and odontology, examination methods, medicolegal significance, scene processing methods, forensic taphonomy, skeletal processing and sampling, sex estimation, ancestry estimation, age estimation, stature estimation, skeletal variation, trauma analysis, and personal identification.
table of contents:
1 Introduction
2 Basics of Human Osteology and Odontology
3 Establishing Medicolegal Significance
4 Recovery Scene Methods
5 Estimating Postmortem Interval
6 Initial Treatment and Examination
7 Attribution of Ancestry
8 Attribution of Sex
9 Estimation of Age at Death
10 Calculation of Stature
11 Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton
12 Projectile Trauma
13 Blunt Trauma
14 Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma
15 Antemortem Skeletal Conditions
16 Postmortem Changes to Bone
17 Additional Aspects of Individualization
18 Obtaining an Identification
19 Conclusion