forensic analysis of the dead and the depositional environment Schotsmans, Eline M. 1981- editor. Márquez-Grant, Nicholas 1976- editor. Forbes, Shari 1977- editor. text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2017 monographic eng 1 online resource. A truly interdisciplinary approach to this core subject within Forensic Science Combines essential theory with practical crime scene work Includes case studies Applicable to all time periods so has relevance for conventional archaeology, prehistory and anthropology Combines points of view from both established practitioners and young researchers to ensure relevance. Introduction -- Part I. General Post-Mortem Processes: Degradation of Soft Tissue, Bone and Associated Materials -- 1. Gross Post-Mortem Changes in the Human Body -- 2. Microscopic Post-Mortem Changes: the Chemistry of Decomposition -- 3. Profiling Volatile Organic Compounds of Decomposition -- 4. Blood Degradation and Bloodstain Age Estimation -- 5. DNA Degradation: Current Knowledge and Progress in DNA Analysis -- 6. Taphonomic Alterations to Hair and Nail -- 7. Taphonomy of Teeth -- 8. The Taphonomy of Natural Mummies -- 9. Degradation of Clothing in Depositional Environments -- 10. Post-Mortem Interval Estimation: an Overview of Techniques -- Part II. The Depositional Environment -- 11. Relationships between Human Remains, Graves and the Depositional Environment -- 12. Bacterial Symbionts and Taphonomic Agents of Humans -- 13. Forensic Entomology and Funerary Archaeoentomology -- 14. Forensic Botany and Stomach Contents Analysis: Established Practice and Innovation -- 15. The Effects of Weathering on Bone Preservation -- 16. The Effects of Terrestrial Mammalian Scavenging and Avian Scavenging on the Body -- 17. Decomposition in Aquatic Environments -- 18. Post-Mortem Differential Preservation and its Utility in Interpreting Forensic and Archaeological Mass Burials -- 19. Reconstructing the Original Arrangement, Organisation and Architecture of Burials in Archaeology -- Part III. Anti-, Peri- and Post-Mortem Modifications to the Body -- 20. Forensic Toxicology of Decomposed Human Remains -- 21. Thermal Alteration to the Body -- 22. Concealing the Crime: the Effects of Chemicals on Human Tissues -- 23. Distinguishing between Peri- and Post-Mortem Trauma on Bone -- 24. Collection Care and Management of Human Remains -- Part IV. Case Studies -- 25. The Use of Volatile Fatty Acid Biomarkers to Estimate the Post-Mortem Interval -- 26. A Taphonomic Study Based on Observations of 196 Exhumations and 23 Clandestine Burials -- 27. Case Studies on Taphonomic Variation between Cemetery Burials -- 28. Forensic Entomology Case Studies from Mexico -- 29. Recovery of Skeletonised Human Remains and Textile Degradation: a Case Study -- 30. Saponified Brains of the Spanish Civil War -- 31. Analysis and Interpretation of Burned Human Remains from a Homicide -- 32. A Soldier's Story: Forensic Anthropology and Blast Injury -- 33. Decomposition in an Unusual Environment: Body Sealed in Concrete -- 34. A Case Study from Los Angeles: Baby in Concrete -- Part V. Past, Present and Future Considerations -- Index. edited by Eline M. Schotsmans, Dr. Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Professor Shari Forbes. Includes bibliographical references and index. Forensic anthropology Fossils Postmortem Changes Environment RA1055 .T374 2017 614/.17 W 750 Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2017 (DLC) 2016036072 9781118953334 1118953339 2016037394 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1457294 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1457294 https://login.ezproxy.pucpr.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1457294 https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1457294 DLC 160811 20221118193036.0 ocn956584209 eng