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Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice --winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association--approaches forensic anthropology through an innovative style using current practices and real case studies drawn from the varied experiences, backgrounds, and practices of working forensic anthropologists. This text guides the reader through all aspects of human remains recovery and forensic anthropological analysis, presenting principles at a level that is appropriate for those new to the field, while at the same time incorporating evolutionary, biomechanical, and other theoretical foundations for the features and phenomena encountered in forensic anthropological casework.

Attention is focused primarily on the most recent and scientifically valid applications commonly employed by working forensic anthropologists. Readers will therefore learn about innovative techniques in the discipline, and aspiring practitioners will be prepared by understanding the necessary background needed to work in the field today. Instructors and students will find Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice comprehensive, practical, and relevant to the modern discipline of forensic anthropology.

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• Foreword(p. xi)
• Preface(p. xiii)
• Author Biographies(p. xv)
• Chapter 1 Introduction(p. 1)
• 1.1 Forensic anthropology(p. 1)
• 1.2 History of forensic anthropology(p. 2)
• 1.3 Forensic anthropology today(p. 3)
• 1.4 Careers in forensic anthropology(p. 5)
• 1.5 Layout of this book(p. 13)
• 1.6 Summary(p. 15)
• 1.7 Test yourself(p. 16)
• Definitions(p. 16)
• References(p. 17)
• Chapter 2 Human Osteology and Odontology(p. 19)
• 2.1 Principles of human osteology and odontology(p. 19)
• 2.2 Bone biology(p. 20)
• 2.3 Bone growth and development(p. 22)
• 2.4 Skeletal anatomy(p. 24)
• 2.5 Dentition(p. 38)
• 2.6 Summary(p. 51)
• 2.7 Test yourself(p. 51)
• Definitions(p. 51)
• References(p. 53)
• Chapter 3 Skeletal Examination and Documentation Methods(p. 55)
• 3.1 Examination methods(p. 55)
• Macroscopic analysis(p. 56)
• Metric analysis(p. 57)
• Radiology(p. 74)
• Histology(p. 76)
• Elemental analysis(p. 77)
• 3.2 Skeletal remains as evidence(p. 79)
• Quality assurance(p. 80)
• Case documentation(p. 80)
• Reporting and report writing(p. 82)
• 3.3 Case studies(p. 83)
• 3.4 Summary(p. 85)
• 3.5 Test yourself(p. 86)
• Definitions(p. 86)
• References(p. 87)
• Chapter 4 Medicolegal Significance(p. 91)
• 4.1 The medicolegal context(p. 91)
• 4.2 Skeletal versus non-skeletal material(p. 92)
• 4.3 Human versus non-human skeletal material(p. 96)
• 4.4 Contemporary versus non-contemporary human skeletal remains(p. 105)
• 4.5 Other considerations in medicolegal significance(p. 111)
• 4.6 Case study: human or non-human?(p. 111)
• 4.7 Summary(p. 112)
• 4.8 Test yourself(p. 113)
• Definitions(p. 114)
• References(p. 115)
• Chapter 5 Forensic Taphonomy(p. 119)
• 5.1 Principles of forensic taphonomy(p. 119)
• 5.2 Decomposition and postmortem soft tissue changes(p. 121)
• 5.3 Postmortem skeletal changes(p. 125)
• 5.4 Scavenging(p. 127)
• 5.5 Body movement and disarticulation patterns(p. 133)
• 5.6 Estimating time since death(p. 134)
• 5.7 Additional considerations in forensic taphonomy(p. 139)
• 5.8 Case study - forensic taphonomy(p. 141)
• 5.9 Summary(p. 142)
• 5.10 Test yourself(p. 143)
• Definitions(p. 143)
• References(p. 145)
• Chapter 6 Forensic Archaeology and Scene Processing Methods(p. 149)
• 6.1 Principles of forensic archaeology(p. 149)
• 6.2 Recovery scenes(p. 150)
• 6.3 Archaeological methods and theory(p. 151)
• 6.4 Detection methods(p. 153)
• 6.5 Recovery methods(p. 158)
• 6.6 Scene documentation(p. 162)
• 6.7 Evidence collection and packaging(p. 171)
• 6.8 Case study - burial recovery(p. 171)
• 6.9 Case study - fatal fire scene(p. 174)
• 6.10 Summary(p. 175)
• 6.11 Test yourself(p. 176)
• Definitions(p. 176)
• References(p. 177)
• Chapter 7 Processing and Preparing Remains(p. 179)
• 7.1 Principles of skeletal processing and preparation(p. 179)
• 7.2 Processing methods(p. 180)
• 7.3 Skeletal reconstruction(p. 186)
• 7.4 Commingling(p. 187)
• 7.5 Skeletal sampling(p. 190)
• 7.6 Skeletal preservation(p. 191)
• 7.7 Case study - processing(p. 195)
• 7.8 Summary(p. 195)
• 7.9 Test yourself(p. 196)
• Definitions(p. 196)
• References(p. 197)
• Chapter 8 Sex Estimation(p. 199)
• 8.1 Principles of sex estimation(p. 199)
• 8.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis(p. 202)
• 8.3 Metric analysis(p. 213)
• 8.4 Other considerations in sex estimation(p. 216)
• 8.5 Case study - sex estimation(p. 217)
• 8.6 Summary(p. 218)
• 8.7 Test yourself(p. 219)
• Definitions(p. 219)
• References(p. 220)
• Chapter 9 Ancestry Estimation(p. 223)
• 9.1 Principles of ancestry estimation(p. 223)
• 9.2 Morphoscopic (non-metric) analysis...(p. 227)
• 9.3 Craniometric analysis(p. 232)
• 9.4 Postcranial methods(p. 233)
• 9.5 Other considerations in ancestry estimation(p. 234)
• 9.6 Case study - ancestry estimation(p. 237)
• 9.7 Summary(p. 238)
• 9.8 Test yourself(p. 239)
• Definitions(p. 240)
• References(p. 240)
• Chapter 10 Age Estimation(p. 243)
• 10.1 Principles of age estimation(p. 243)
• 10.2 Age categories(p. 244)
• 10.3 Juvenile (subadult) age estimation(p. 246)
• Dental methods(p. 246)
• Osteological methods(p. 251)
• 10.4 Adult age estimation(p. 261)
• Pubic symphysis(p. 261)
• Auricular surface(p. 261)
• Sternal rib ends(p. 269)
• Histological aging methods(p. 269)
• Dentition(p. 272)
• General indicators of advanced age(p. 273)
• 10.5 Other considerations in age estimation(p. 275)
• 10.6 Case study: juvenile age estimation(p. 276)
• 10.7 Case study: adult age estimation(p. 277)
• 10.8 Summary(p. 279)
• 10.9 Test yourself(p. 280)
• Definitions(p. 280)
• References(p. 281)
• Chapter 11 Stature Estimation(p. 285)
• 11.1 Principles of stature estimation(p. 285)
• 11.2 Full skeleton methods(p. 285)
• 11.3 Regression methods(p. 287)
• 11.4 Other considerations in stature estimation(p. 292)
• 11.5 Case study - stature estimation(p. 294)
• 11.6 Summary(p. 296)
• 11.7 Test yourself(p. 296)
• Definitions(p. 297)
• References(p. 297)
• Chapter 12 Individual Skeletal Variation(p. 301)
• 12.1 Principles of skeletal variation(p. 301)
• 12.2 Normal skeletal variation(p. 302)
• 12.3 Anomalies(p. 305)
• 12.4 Pathological conditions(p. 313)
• 12.5 Repetitive activity(p. 331)
• 12.6 Case study - ankylosis(p. 332)
• 12.7 Case study - dental anomalies(p. 333)
• 12.8 Summary(p. 334)
• 12.9 Test yourself(p. 335)
• Definitions(p. 335)
• References(p. 337)
• Chapter 13 Analysis of Skeletal Trauma(p. 341)
• 13.1 Principles of trauma analysis(p. 341)
• 13.2 Forces, bone biomechanics, and fractures(p. 341)
• 13.3 Trauma timing(p. 347)
• 13.4 Trauma mechanism(p. 352)
• Blunt force trauma(p. 352)
• High velocity projectile trauma(p. 356)
• Sharp force trauma(p. 360)
• Thermal alterations(p. 363)
• Blast trauma(p. 367)
• 13.5 Cause and manner of death(p. 369)
• 13.6 Case study - perimortem fall from a height(p. 370)
• 13.7 Case study - antemortem and perimortem pediatric trauma(p. 371)
• 13.8 Summary(p. 372)
• 13.9 Test yourself(p. 373)
• Definitions(p. 373)
• References(p. 375)
• Chapter 14 Personal Identification(p. 379)
• 14.1 Principles of personal identification(p. 379)
• 14.2 Narrowing the pool of potential matches(p. 380)
• 14.3 Identification comparisons(p. 382)
• 14.4 Quantitative approaches(p. 392)
• 14.5 DNA analysis(p. 395)
• 14.6 Facial approximation(p. 396)
• 14.7 Case study - radiographic comparison of foot(p. 398)
• 14.8 Case study - exclusion based on cranial radiographs(p. 398)
• 14.9 Summary(p. 400)
• 14.10 Test yourself(p. 400)
• Definitions(p. 401)
• References(p. 401)
• Chapter 15 Contemporary Issues in Forensic Anthropology(p. 405)
• 15.1 Forensic anthropology and the broader forensic community(p. 405)
• 15.2 Forensic anthropology in mass disaster response and disaster victim identification(p. 405)
• 15.3 Forensic anthropology in conflict and human rights investigations(p. 408)
• 15.4 Forensic anthropology and human migration routes(p. 411)
• 15.5 Forensic anthropology in the legal system(p. 414)
• 15.6 Error and uncertainty in forensic science and forensic anthropology(p. 418)
• 15.7 New research directions(p. 420)
• 15.8 Future of forensic anthropology(p. 422)
• 15.9 Case study - the state of Tennessee v. David William Cosgrif, III(p. 425)
• 15.10 Summary(p. 426)
• 15.11 Test yourself(p. 427)
• Definitions(p. 427)
• References(p. 428)
• Index(p. 431)

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Angi M. Christensen is a Forensic Anthropologist with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Laboratory in Quantico, Virginia. Her primary responsibilities include conducting forensic anthropological casework and providing training for FBI agents and other law enforcement personnel, and she facilitated the development of the FBI''s Forensic Anthropology Program. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Forensic Science Program at George Mason University.

Angi received her BA in Anthropology at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA (1997), and her MA and PhD in Anthropology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN (2000 and 2003). Her research interests include methods of personal identification, trauma analysis, elemental analysis, and underwater taphonomy. She has published articles in the Journal of Forensic Sciences, the American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Forensic Science International, the Journal of Anatomy, and Forensic Science Communications.

Angi is a board certified Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, a Fellow in the Physical Anthropology Section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Scientific Working Group for Forensic Anthropology.

Nick Passalacqua is a deploying forensic anthropologist with the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command''s Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC CIL). Nick received his B.A. in Anthropology at Michigan State University in 2005, his M.S. in Anthropology from Mercyhurst College (now Mercyhurst University) in 2007, another M.A. in Anthropology from Michigan State University in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Michigan State in 2012.

Prior to his work at the JPAC CIL, Nick served as a visiting scientist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine - North Branch (Porto, Portugal); worked as a bioarchaeologist for the Medieval Spanish archaeological sites of the Castro de Chao Samart#65533;n, Iglesia de El Salvador, and San Julian de Vi#65533;on; instructed mass fatality incident response courses for the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA); assisted with numerous years of Mercyhurst University''s summer short courses in forensic anthropology; and instructed three semesters of anthropology courses as adjunct faculty at Lansing Community College.

Nick''s research interests include: age-at-death estimation, skeletal trauma and taphonomy, paleodemography, and paleopathology. Dr. Passalacqua''s bioarchaeological dissertation research focused on issues of health and demography in Medieval Asturias, Spain. Nick has publications in such journals as: The Journal of Forensic Sciences, The International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, and The American Journal of Physical Anthropology, as well as chapters in such books as: The analysis of burned human remains, Age estimation of the human skeleton, and A companion to forensic anthropology.

Eric J. Bartelink is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Director of the Human Identification Laboratory at California State University, Chico. He received his B.S. in Anthropology at Central Michigan University (1995), his M.A. in Anthropology at California State University, Chico (2001), and his Ph.D. in Anthropology at Texas A&M University (2006). He became the 89th Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology in 2012. Eric''s interests are in forensic anthropology and bioarchaeology, and he has conducted research focused on skeletal trauma, taphonomy, paleopathology, and stable isotope analysis. He has conducted an extensive research program focused on central California bioarchaeology, and also conducted work in American Samoa. In 2000, he assisted with the excavation of mass graves in Bosnia-Herzegovina through the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, and also assisted in the identification of victims from the World Trade Center 9/11 disaster in 2002 and 2003. He has published articles in Journal of Forensic Sciences, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Journal of Archaeological Sciences, International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, Archaeometry, and California Archaeology.

Eric teaches courses in introductory physical anthropology, human osteology, forensic anthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic science, and statistics. He is Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, and a member of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Society of American Archaeology, Paleopathology Association, and the Society for California Archaeology. He is current board member of the Scientific Working Group for Forensic Anthropology and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology.