2nd Edition

Forensic Anthropology A Comprehensive Introduction, Second Edition

    464 Pages
    by CRC Press

    464 Pages
    by CRC Press

    This robust, dynamic, and international field has grown to include interdisciplinary research, continually improving methodology, and globalization of training. Reflecting the diverse nature of the science from experts who have shaped it, Forensic Anthropology: A Comprehensive Introduction Second Edition builds off of the success of the first edition and incorporates standard practices in addition to cutting-edge approaches in a user-friendly format, making it an ideal introductory-level text.

     Acknowledgements

    About the Editors

    About the Contributors

    Preface

    Part 1: Forensic Anthropology and the Crime Scene

    Chapter One: Forensic Anthropology in the United States: Past and Present

    MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley

    Chapter Two: Skeletal Remains as Evidence

    Marin A. Pilloud and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant

    Chapter Three: Forensic Archaeology: Survey Methods, Scene Documentation, Excavation, and Recovery Methods

    Denise To

    Chapter Four: Forensic Taphonomy

    James Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant

    Part 2: The Skeleton and Skeletal Documentation

    Chapter Five: Human Osteology

    MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley

    Chapter Six: Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic Anthropology

    Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley

    Chapter Seven: Skeletal Examination and Documentation

    Lee Meadows Jantz

    Part 3: Skeletal Individuation and Analyses

    Chapter Eight: Sex Estimation of Unknown Human Remains

    Gregory E. Berg

    Chapter Nine: Ancestry Methods: The Importance, The History And The Practice

    M. Katherine Spradley and Katy E. Weisensee

    Chapter Ten: Age Estimation Methods

    Natalie R. Langley, Alice F. Gooding, MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant

    Chapter Eleven: Stature Estimation

    Natalie R. Langley

    Chapter Twelve: Pathological Conditions as Individuating Traits in a Forensic Context

    David Hunt and Kerriann Marden

    Chapter Thirteen: Analysis of Skeletal Trauma

    Natalie R. Langley

    Chapter Fourteen: Introduction to Fordisc 3 and Human Variation – Statistics

    Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley

    Part 4: Human Identification and Advanced Forensic Anthropology Applications

    Chapter Fifteen: Time Since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval

    Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor and Angela M. Dautartas

    Chapter Sixteen: Methods of Personal Identification

    Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson

    Chapter Seventeen: Mass Fatalities, Mass Graves and the Forensic Investigation of International Crimes

    Pierre Guyomarc’h and Derek Congram

    Chapter Eighteen: 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

    Biography

    Natalie R. Langley, PhD, D-ABFA, is Associate Professor of Anatomy at the LMU-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Program Director of the LMU Master of Anatomical Sciences program, and an adjunct faculty member in the University of Tennessee Anthropology Department.





    MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, PhD, D-ABFA, is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Center for Anatomical Sciences and Education at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine (SLU SOM), where she serves as the Director of Gross Anatomy Laboratory and Morgue Operations and teaches gross anatomy, embryology and histology.