Bone remains : cold cases in forensic anthropology / Mary H. Manhein.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manhein, Mary H. (Mary Huffman)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Forensic anthropology--Case studies.

Forensic anthropology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Over the past thirty years, forensic anthropologist Mary H. Manhein has helped authorities to identify hundreds of deceased persons throughout Louisiana and beyond. In Bone Remains, she offers details of twenty riveting cases from her files -- many of them involving facial reconstructions where only bones offered clues to an individual's story. Manhein takes readers into the field, inside her lab, and through DNA databases and government bureaucracies as she and her team tirelessly work to identify and seek justice for those who can no longer speak for themselves. From a two-thousand

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. In the Deep Woods; 2. Long Journey Home; 3. A "Princess" of Thebes; 4. A Matter of Concealment; 5. The Power of Tattoos; 6. The Power of Fingerprints; 7. A Son's Transgression; 8. Man Overboard; 9. A Child from the Past; 10. Cat's Paw; 11. In a Cotton Field; 12. The USS Monitor and Her Crew; 13. Victims of the Ku Klux Klan; 14. Hurricane Isaac; 15. Cold-Case Database; EPILOGUE: Cases I Always Wanted to Solve; Acknowledgments

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8071-8410-1

0-8071-5324-9

OCLC:

867740146