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Author: Steven N. Byers
Edition: Hardcover 2 edition (August 30, 2004) (496 pages)
ISBN: 0205435386
Publisher: Pearson Allyn & Bacon
Price: $67.27
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Table of Contents:
Summary and Exercises conclude each chapter.
- Introduction. Historical Background. Forensic Anthropologists and the Medicolegal
Community. The Forensic Anthropology Protocol and Methods in Forensic Anthropology.
- Basics of Human Osteology and Odontology. Overview of the Human Skeleton.
Basic Topics in Osteology. Overview of the Human Dentition.
- Establishing the Forensic Context. Human versus Non-Human. Contemporary
versus Non-Contemporary.
- Recovery Scene Methods. Preliminary Issues. Locating Remains. Mapping Remains.
Grave Excavation. Collecting Remains. Mass Disasters. DMORT.
- Estimating Time Since Death. Overview of Decomposition. Decomposition and
Skeletonization. Animal Scavenging. Other Methods.
- Initial Treatment and Examination. Forensic Anthropology Laboratory. Preparation
of Remains. Reconstruction, Sorting, and Re-Assembly. Inventorying Remains.
- Attribution of Ancestry. Anthroposcopic Traits. Metrical Methods. Miscellaneous
Ancestral Characteristics.
- Attribution of Sex. Sexing the Pelvis. Sexing the Skull. Miscellaneous
Methods. Sexing Subadults.
- Estimation of Age at Death. Subadults. Adults.
- Calculation of Stature. Basics of Stature Reconstruction. Full Skeleton
Methods. Long Limb Bones. Other Skeletal Elements. Partial Long Limb Bones.
Adjustments to Stature.
- Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton. Cause and Manner of Death. Basics of Bone
Trauma. Characteristics of Forces Causing Trauma. Types of Trauma. Timing
of Bone Injury.
- Projectile Trauma. Basics of Ammunition and Firearms. Effects of Bullets
on Bone. Bullet Wound Analysis. Pellet Wound Analysis. Miscellaneous Projectiles. Cause and Manner of Death.
- Blunt Trauma. Characteristics of Instruments. Effects of Blunt Instruments.
Wound Analysis. Cause and Manner of Death.
- Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma. Sharp Trauma. Strangulation. Chemical Trauma. Cause and Manner of Death.
- Antemortem Skeletal Conditions. Pathological Conditions. Skeletal Anomalies.
Occupational Stress Markers.
- Postmortem Changes to Bone. Dismemberments. Animal Scavenging. Fire Damage.
Weathering. Burial Damage. Water Transport Damage. Miscellaneous.
- Additional Aspects of Individualization. Facial Reproduction. Assessing
Handedness. Estimating Body Weight.
- Identification Using Antemortem Records. Radiography. Photographic Superimposition.
Forensic Odontology. Miscellaneous.
- Conclusion. Ethical Responsibilities. The Final Report. Courtroom Testimony.
Future of Forensic Anthropology.
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