ABSTRACT
Traditional areas of research in forensic anthropology have dealt with variation in sex and population affinity and with estimation of age and stature for purposes of identification (Roberts 1996; İşcan & Loth 1997; İşcan 1998, 2001). Although the importance of these subjects has in no way diminished, additional foci have become increasingly visible over the last decade. Emerging areas of research and practice in forensic anthropology focus on factors relating to the context of the crime scene. Of the newly developing areas, the determination of time since death (or postmortem interval) has proven to be among the most challenging.
