Forensic anthropology : 2000 to 2010 / edited by Sue Black and Eilidh Ferguson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Black, Sue M.

Ferguson, Eilidh.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (414 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton : CRC Press, c2011.

Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Advances in our ability to analyse information from skeletal remains and subsequent developments in the field of forensic anthropology make it possible to identify more victims of homicides, mass-fatality disasters, and genocide. Summarizing the vast collection of international literature that has developed over the past decade, Forensic Anthropology: 2000 to 2010 explores critical themes fundamental to this evolving topic. A superior supplemental text for any physical anthropology or archaeology class, this volume provides an ideal starting point for advanced exploration a

Contents:

Front Cover; Contents; Foreword; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Chapter 1: Age Determination in the Juvenile; Chapter 2: Age Determination in the Adult; Chapter 3: Sex Determination; Chapter 4: Stature; Chapter 5: Race and Ancestry; Chapter 6: Dental Identification; Chapter 7: Skeletal Trauma; Chapter 8: Bone Pathology; Chapter 9: Taphonomy; Chapter 10: Comparative Osteology; Chapter 11: Identification from Soft Tissues; Chapter 12: Facial Identification of the Dead; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-008281-5

0-429-25109-2

1-4398-4589-1

9780429251092

OCLC:

705929868