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Author Blau, Soren

Title Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
Edition 2nd ed
Published Abingdon, Oxon : Taylor and Francis, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (739 pages)
Series WAC Research Handbooks in Archaeology
WAC Research Handbooks in Archaeology
Contents Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Use of Images of Human Remains; Contributors; 1 Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology: Moving Forward; PART I History of the Disciplines; 2 Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology in the United Kingdom: Are We Nearly There Yet?; 3 Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology: Perspectives from Italy; 4 Forensic Anthropology: Perspectives from France; 5 A History of Forensic Anthropology in Spain; 6 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence: Perspectives from South America
7 The Origin and Development of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology in Colombia8 Historical Development of Forensic Anthropology: Perspectives from the United States; 9 Forensic Anthropology: Canadian Content and Contributions; 10 The Development and Current State of Forensic Anthropology: An Australian Perspective; 11 Historical Perspectives on Forensic Anthropology in Indonesia; 12 Forensic Anthropology as Practiced in South Africa; PART II Forensic Archaeology; 13 The Search for and Detection of Human Remains; 14 Excavation and Recovery in Forensic Archaeological Investigations
PART III Forensic Anthropology15 Differentiating Human from Nonhuman Skeletal Remains; 16 Dating of Anthropological Skeletal Remains of Forensic Interest; 17 Analysis of Commingled Human Remains; 18 The Assessment of Ancestry and the Concept of Race; 19 Anthropological Estimation of Sex; 20 Skeletal Age Estimation; 21 Histological Age Estimation; 22 Stature Estimation; 23 Antemortem Trauma; 24 Perimortem Trauma; 25 Forensic Taphonomy; 26 Burned Human Remains; 27 Craniofacial Identification: Techniques of Facial Approximation and Craniofacial Superimposition; 28 Biomolecular Applications
29 Forensic OdontologyPART IV The Crime and Disaster Scene: Case Studies in Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology; 30 Investigative and Legal Aspects of a U.S. Federal Death Penalty Case; 31 Domestic Homicide Investigations in the United Kingdom; 32 Forensic Anthropology in Disaster Response; 33 Medico-Legal Investigation of Atrocities Committed during the Solomon Islands ""Ethnic Tensions""; 34 Disaster Anthropology: The 2004 Asian Tsunami; 35 The Role of the Anthropologist in Disaster Victim Identification: Case Studies from the 2002 and 2004 Terrorist Attacks in Bali, Indonesia
36 Dealing with Human Remains from Recent Conflict: Mass Grave Excavation and Human Identification in a Sensitive Political Context37 Forensic Investigations in Guatemala: The Continuing Search for Truth, Justice, and the Missing Two Decades after the Peace Accords; 38 Continuing Challenges for Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology in Iraq; 39 Fromelles: Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology in Identification; PART V The Professional Forensic Archaeologist and the Forensic Anthropologist; 40 More Than Just Bare Bones: Ethical Considerations for Forensic Anthropologists
Notes 41 How to Do Forensic Archaeology under the Auspices of the United Nations and Other Large Organizations
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Author Ubelaker, Douglas H
ISBN 9781315528922
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