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A Companion to Forensic Anthropology |
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Contents |
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List of Illustrations |
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List of Tables |
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Notes on Contributors |
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About This Book |
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Acknowledgments |
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Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology |
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1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm |
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Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts |
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Introduction to Part II |
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2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? |
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3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains |
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4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection |
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5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident |
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6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim |
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7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident (Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene |
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8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned |
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9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis |
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Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology |
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Introduction to Part III |
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10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation |
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11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We Are and Where We Should Go |
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12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application |
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13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers |
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14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry |
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15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry |
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16 Estimating Stature |
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Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis |
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Introduction to Part IV |
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17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations |
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18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate |
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19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma |
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Part V Advances in Human Identification |
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Introduction to Part V |
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20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains |
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21 Human Identification Using Skull–Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison |
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22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology |
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23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology |
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Part VI Forensic Taphonomy |
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Introduction to Part VI |
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24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy |
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25 The Use of Taphonomy in Forensic Anthropology: Past Trends and Future Prospects |
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Part VII Forensic Anthropology Beyond Academia |
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Introduction to Part VII |
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26 Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner’s and Coroner’s Offices: A History |
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27 Forensic Anthropology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner |
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28 The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory |
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Part VIII Forensic Anthropology Outside North America |
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Introduction to Part VIII |
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29 European Perspectives and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK |
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30 The Establishment and Advancement of Forensic Anthropology in South Africa |
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31 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence |
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Part IX Ethics, Overview, and the Future of Forensic Anthropology |
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Introduction to Part IX |
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32 The Pervasiveness of Daubert |
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33 Ethics in Forensic Anthropology |
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34 An “Outsider” Look at Forensic Anthropology |
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Index |
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