Biological affinity in forensic identification of human skeletal remains : beyond black and white / edited by Gregory E. Berg, Sabrina C Ta'ala.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Berg, Gregory E., editor.

Ta'ala, Sabrina C., editor.

CRC Press.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic osteology.

Anthropometry.

Forensic Anthropology.

Bone and Bones.

Forensic Genetics.

Medical Subjects:

Forensic Anthropology.

Bone and Bones.

Forensic Genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 314 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2015]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

A brief history of the race concept in physical anthropology / Sabrina C. Ta'ala

Biological affinity in medicolegal, public, and anthropological contexts / Gregory E. Berg and Sabrina C. Ta'ala

Cranial morphoscopic traits and the assessment of American black, American white, and Hispanic ancestry / Joseph T. Hefner

Biological affinity and sex from the mandible utilizing multiple world populations / Gregory E. Berg

Metric ancestry estimation from the postcranial skeleton / Kate Spradley

The sagittal suture as an indicator of race and sex / Robert W. Mann, Jiro Manabe, John E. Byrd, Stephanie Ah Sam, Thomas D. Holland, and Panya Tuams

Beyond the cranium : ancestry estimation from the lower limb / Natalie R. Shirley, Emam ElHak Abdel Fatah, and Mohamed Mahfouz

Population affinities of Hispanic crania : implications for forensic identification / Ann H. Ross , Dennis E. Slice, and Douglas H. Ubelaker

Dental nonmetric variation around the world : using key traits in populations to estimate ancestry in individuals / Joel D. Irish

Dental morphological estimation of ancestry in forensic contexts / Heather J.H. Edgar

Size matters : discrimination between American blacks and whites, males and females, using tooth crown dimensions / Edward F. Harris and Candice L. Fost er

Linking identity with landscape : osteological and Sr-Pb isotopic methods for biogeoreference / Erin H. Kimmerle and George D. Kamenov

The use of dna in the identification of degraded human skeletal remains : a basic primer / Suni M. Edson and Alexander F. Christensen

Identification of deceased unauthorized border crossers in the United States / Lori E. Baker

Sequence, haplotype, and ancestry : using the mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region to predict forensic "race" / Alexander F. Christensen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, FL Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781439815779

1439815771

Publisher Number:

99969088580

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.