Human Identification: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology

by Ted A. Rathbun (Editor), Jane E. Buikstra (Editor)

Edited by Ted A. Rathbun, University of South Carolina, Columbia, and Jane E. Buikstra, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois. (With 41 Contributors) CONTENTS (abridged): Reporting Forensic Cases; Studies in Identification; Forensic Anthropology in New Mexico; Forensic Archaeology; Exhumation; Perpendicular Forensic Archaeology; Bear Paws and Human Feet; Big Thompson Flood; Military Remains; The Severed Skull; Time Since Death; Burned Remains; Strangulation; Manner of Death; Fatal Trauma in a Light Aircraft Crash; Sex Determination; Identification of Adolescent Female; Oklahoma City Child Disappearances; Skeletal Aging; Microscopic Aging of Bone; Age Determination from Dentition; Geographical Race Determination; Facial Reproductions; Facial Re-produc-tion in Court; Identifying Pathology; Analysis of Osseous Material; Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust.

Genres: Anthropology

456 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984