ISBN:
9781000868906
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (467 pages)
Edition:
6th ed.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
599.9
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This book provides coverage of key methods and issues in forensic anthropology. Using terminology and best practices recommended by the SWGANTH, it introduces students to major topics in the field, with material ranging from the attribution of ancestry and sex, to various forms of bone trauma, to identification through radiography.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface to the Sixth Edition -- Foreword -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Historical Background -- Formative Period: Early 1800s to 1938 -- Consolidation Period: 1939 to 1971 -- Establishment Period: 1972 to 2006 -- Expansion Period: 2007 to Present -- Forensic Anthropologists and the Medicolegal Community -- Forensic Anthropology and Jurisprudence -- Forensic Anthropology and Ethics -- Professional Ethics -- Personal Ethics -- The Forensic Anthropology Protocol and the Layout of this Book -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 2: Bones, Teeth, Measurements, and Methods -- Overview of the Human Skeleton -- Cranial Skeleton -- BONES -- SUTURES -- LANDMARKS -- SINUSES -- Axial Skeleton -- VERTEBRAL COLUMN -- RIB CAGE -- Appendicular Skeleton -- UPPER LIMBS -- LOWER LIMBS -- Basic Topics in Osteology -- Anatomy of Bone -- Bone Growth -- Overview of the Human Dentition -- Basic Measurements -- Methods -- Data-Gathering Methods -- ANTHROPOSCOPY -- OSTEOMETRY -- MISCELLANEOUS METHODS -- Data Analysis Methods -- DECISION MATRIX -- RANGE CHARTS -- PROBABILITIES -- CENTILES -- DISCRIMINANT FUNCTIONS -- REGRESSION EQUATIONS -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 3: Establishing Medicolegal Significance -- Distinguishing Bone and Teeth from Other Material -- Distinguishing Human from Nonhuman -- Maturity Distinctions -- Architectural Differences -- CRANIAL SKELETON -- AXIAL SKELETON -- APPENDICULAR SKELETON -- Bear Paws and Pig's Teeth -- Histology and Bone Chemistry -- Recent Versus Nonrecent -- State of Preservation -- COLOR -- TEXTURE -- HYDRATION -- WEIGHT -- CONDITION -- FRAGILITY -- SOFT TISSUE -- Body Modifications -- Personal Belongings -- Conditions of Interment -- Complex Methods -- Summary -- Exercises -- Chapter 4: Recovery Scene Methods -- Preliminary Issues.
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