Forensic anthropology : a comprehensive introduction / edited by Natalie R. Langley and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Editors -- Contributors -- Section i Forensic Anthropology and the crime Scene -- 1 Forensic Anthropology in the United States: Past and Present / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley -- 2 Skeletal Remains as Evidence / Marin A. Pilloud and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- 3 Forensic Archaeology: Survey Methods, Scene Documentation, Excavation, and Recovery Methods / Denise To -- 4 Forensic Taphonomy / James T. Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Section ii the Skeleton and Skeletal Documentation -- 5 Human Osteology / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley -- 6 Human Odontology and Dentition in Forensic Anthropology / Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley -- 7 Skeletal Examination and Documentation -- Lee Meadows Jantz -- Section iii Skeletal individuation and Analyses -- 8 Sex Estimation of Unknown Human Skeletal Remains / Gregory E. Berg -- 9 Ancestry Estimation: The Importance, The History, and The Practice / M. Katherine Spradley and Katherine Weisensee -- 10 Age Estimation Methods / Natalie R. Langley, Alice F. Gooding, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- 11 Stature Estimation / Natalie R. Langley -- 12 Pathological Conditions as Individuating Traits in a Forensic Context / David R. Hunt and Kerriann (Kay) Marden -- 13 Analysis of Skeletal Trauma / Natalie R. Langley -- 14 Introduction to Fordisc 3 and Human Variation Statistics / Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley -- Section iV Human identification and Advanced Forensic Anthropology Applications -- 15 Time Since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval / Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor and Angela M. Dautartas -- 16 Methods of Personal Identification / Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson -- 17 Mass Fatalities, Mass Graves, and the Forensic Investigation of International Crimes / Pierre Guyomarc’h and Derek Congram -- 18 Advanced Scene Topics—Fire and Commingling / Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. Herrmann -- Appendix A: Application of Dentition in Forensic Anthropology / Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley -- Appendix B: Age Estimation in Modern Forensic Anthropology / Bridget F. B. Algee-Hewitt -- Glossary -- Index.

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