Forensic Anthropology : A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition (Paperback, 2 ed)

Acknowledgements About the EditorsAbout the ContributorsPrefacePart 1: Forensic Anthropology and the Crime SceneChapter One: Forensic Anthropology in the United States: Past and PresentMariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. LangleyChapter Two: Skeletal Remains as EvidenceMarin A. Pilloud and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-TarrantChapter Three: Forensic Archaeology: Survey Methods, Scene Documentation, Excavation, and Recovery MethodsDenise ToChapter Four: Forensic TaphonomyJames Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-TarrantPart2: The Skeleton and Skeletal DocumentationChapter Five: Human OsteologyMariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. LangleyChapter Six: Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic AnthropologyDebra Prince Zinni and Kate M. CrowleyChapter Seven: Skeletal Examination and DocumentationLee Meadows JantzPart 3: Skeletal Individuation and AnalysesChapter Eight: Sex Estimation of Unknown Human RemainsGregory E. BergChapter Nine: Ancestry Methods: The Importance, The History And The PracticeM. Katherine Spradley and Katy E. WeisenseeChapter Ten: Age Estimation MethodsNatalie R. Langley, Alice F. Gooding, MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-TarrantChapter Eleven: Stature EstimationNatalie R. LangleyChapter Twelve: Pathological Conditions as Individuating Traits in a Forensic ContextDavid Hunt and Kerriann MardenChapter Thirteen: Analysis of Skeletal TraumaNatalie R. LangleyChapter Fourteen: Introduction to Fordisc 3 and Human Variation ? StatisticsRichard L. Jantz and Stephen D. OusleyPart 4: Human Identification and Advanced Forensic Anthropology ApplicationsChapter Fifteen: Time Since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem IntervalRebecca J. Wilson-Taylor and Angela M. DautartasChapter Sixteen: Methods of Personal IdentificationAngi M. Christensen and Bruce E. AndersonChapter Seventeen: Mass Fatalities, Mass Graves and the Forensic Investigation of International CrimesPierre Guyomarc’h and Derek CongramChapter Eighteen: Advanced Scene Topics: Fire and ComminglingJoanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. HerrmannAppendix A: Application of Dentition In Forensic AnthropologyDebra Prince Zinni and Kate M. CrowleyAppendix B: Age Estimation in Modern Forensic AnthropologyBridget F. B. Algee-HewittGlossaryIndex