Case studies in forensic anthropology : bonified skeletons / edited by Heather M. Garvin and Natalie R. Langley.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garvin, Heather M., editor.

Langley, Natalie R., editor.

George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology--Case studies.

Forensic anthropology.

Forensic osteology--Case studies.

Forensic osteology.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Case studies.

Human remains (Archaeology).

Genre:

Case studies.

Physical Description:

xxi, 310 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2021.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: SECTION I ESTIMATION OF THE BIOLOGICAL PROFILE AND POSITIVE IDENTIFICATION

ch. 1 Death Along the Tracks: The Role of Forensic Anthropology and Social Media in a Homicide Investigation / Eric J. Bartelink

ch. 2 The Skull in Concrete: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Identification / Ruth E. Kohlmeier

ch. 3 The Use of Medical Implants to Aid in the Identification Process / Jennifer Vollner

ch. 4 Biomechanical Analysis of Long Bones Provides the Crucial Break in Decedent Identification / Daniel J. Wescott

ch. 5 Race and the Role of Sociocultural Context in Forensic Anthropological Ancestry Assessment / Katie M. Rubin

ch. 6 Globalization, Transnationalism, and the Analytical Feasibility of Ancestry Estimation / Jennifer F. Byrnes

SECTION II FORENSIC TAPHONOMY

ch. 7 What Forensic Taphonomy Can Do for You: A Case Study in Rural Pennsylvania / Dennis C. Dirkmaat

ch. 8 Dismembered, Burned, and Dumped: But in What Order? / Lindsay H. Trammell

ch. 9 Body in the Barrel: Complex Body Disposal and Recovery / David Ranson

ch. 10 Sealed for Your Protection: A Triple Homicide Involving the Use of a Corrosive Agent to Obscure Identity / Detective Frank Di Modica

ch. 11 Differential Diagnosis in Forensic Entomology: Mites versus Pathologies and Taphonomy / Maria Alexandra Lopez-Cerquera

ch. 12 Lacustrine Skeletal Taphonomy from Southeastern Tennessee / Darinka Mileusnic-Polchan

SECTION III TRAUMA

ch. 13 Who Pulled the Trigger First? Bone Biomechanics Recreate the Story Behind a "Police Shooting" / Mark M. LeVaughn

ch. 14 Forensic Anthropological Contributions to Manner of Death in a Case of Multiple Suicidal Gunshot Wounds / Diana L. Messer

ch. 15 A Unique Case of Skeletal Trauma Involving Scissors / Alexandra R. Klales

ch. 16 Sharp Force Trauma with Subsequent Fire Alteration: A Complicated Case Study / Erin N. Chapman

ch. 17 Forensic Anthropology's Role in Clarifying Cause of Death in the Appeal of a No Body Homicide Conviction / Turhon A. Murad

SECTION IV HUMAN RIGHTS AND MASS DISASTERS

ch. 18 A Multiyear Forensic Archaeological Recovery of Human Remains from a C-124 Aircraft Crash on Colony Glacier, Alaska, USA / Kelley S. Esh

ch. 19 Quadrilateral Defects in the Tuskulenai and Leon Trotsky Cases: Skeletal Trauma Associated with Soviet Violence in Two Different Contexts / Rimantas Jankauskas

ch. 20 Sexual Offense in Skeletonized Cadavers: Analysis, Interpretation, Documentation, and Case Report / Maria Alexandra Lopez-Cerquera

ch. 21 Making the Best of Limited Resources and Challenges Faced in Human Rights Investigations / Duarte Nuno Vieira

ch. 22 Search for Spanish Civil War Victims in the Cemetery of Sant Ferran, Formentera (Spain): Oral Witness Testimonies, Secondary Deposition Site, and Perimortem Trauma / Nicholas Mdrquez-Grant

ch. 23 Excavation and Analysis of Human Remains from Mass Graves in the Western Sahara / Carlos Martin-Beristain

SECTION V OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

ch. 24 The Use of Human Skeletal Remains in Palo Rituals in Orange County, Florida / Jan C. Garavaglia

ch. 25 "To Understand the Parts, It Is Necessary to Understand the Whole": The Importance of Contextualizing Patterns in Forensic Anthropology Casework / Katelyn Bolhofner

ch. 26 Perpetrators, Pack Rats, and Postmortem Disturbances: A Case Study Involving Multiple Contexts, Jurisdictions, and Identities / Carlos Zambrano

ch. 27 The Case of the Cases: The Flow of the Ordinary into a Medical Examiner's Office / James T. Pokines.

Notes:

Originally published: 2020.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

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

ISBN:

9781032086569

1032086564

OCLC:

1245921136

Publisher Number:

99992630122