The use of forensic anthropology
By: Robert Pickering, David Bachman
Contributors: Bachman, David C. (David Charles)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boca Raton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781420068771
Subjects: Forensic anthropology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-194) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: "Some bones have been found" --; title: Setting the scene --; title: Scenario one --; title: Scenario two --; title: Key points to remember when skeletal remains are discovered --; title: What the forensic anthropologist can and cannot do --; title: Finding a forensic anthropologist --; title: What the forensic anthropologist can do --; title: How to find a forensic anthropologist --; title: Establishing the ground rules --; title: Letters of agreement --; title: The case report --; title: Case report samples --; title: Techniques for recovering skeletonized human remains --; title: Equipment requirements --; title: "I think there is a skeleton buried in this field" --; title: "Here's a bone, we have a problem" --; title: "Hey doc, what's in the box?" --; title: The forensic anthropologist and recovery of remains --; title: Field recovery --; title: The final report --; title: Things you can do to make recovery easier --; title: Ten key questions --; title: Question #1: is it bone? --; title: Question #2: is it human? --; title: Question #3: is it modern? --; title: Question #4: what bones are present? --; title: Question #5: is there more than one person present? --; title: Question #6: what is the race, ethnicity, or cultural affiliation? --; title: Question #7: what is the sex? --; title: Question #8: what is the age? --; title: Question #9: what is the stature? --; title: Question #10: what are the individual characteristics of the remains? --; title: Summary --; title: Assessing ancestry (race) from the skeleton  -- George W. Gill; title: Determination of time since death --; title: The body --; title: The micro environment --; title: Eight essential environmental categories of information --; title: Special techniques: their value and limitations --; title: Facial reconstruction --; title: Direct facial reconstruction --; title: Craniofacial superimposition --; title: Video superimposition --; title: Footprint impression analysis --; title: Osteon counting --; title: Bitemark analysis --; title: ABO blood typing --; title: Forensic toxicology --; title: 14C dating --; title: DNA testing --; title: An introduction to forensic science and DNA  -- Heather Miller Coyle; title: Skeletal trauma and identifying skeletal pathology --; title: Antemortem trauma --; title: Perimortem trauma --; title: Postmortem trauma --; title: Pseudotrauma --; title: Pathologic changes in bone --; title: Follow-up steps for skeletal abnormalities --; title: Putting your case together --; title: Closing the case, closing the book --; title: Appendix: report forms --; title: Human remains investigation: General information --; title: Contextual description --; title: Recovery area --; title: General description of remains --; title: Inventory --; title: Photo and video inventory --; title: Glossary --; title: Bibliography --; title: Index.