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Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology
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ABSTRACT
With contributions from 70 experienced practitioners from around the world, this second edition of the authoritative Handbook of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology provides a solid foundation in both the practical and ethical components of forensic work. The book weaves together the discipline’s historical development; current field methods for analyzing crime, natural disasters, and human atrocities; an array of laboratory techniques; key case studies involving legal, professional, and ethical issues; and ideas about the future of forensic work--all from a global perspective. This fully revised second edition expands the geographic representation of the first edition by including chapters from practitioners in South Africa and Colombia, and adds exciting new chapters on the International Commission on Missing Persons and on forensic work being done to identify victims of the Battle of Fromelles during World War I. The Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology provides an updated perspective of the disciplines of forensic archaeology and anthropology.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|10 pages
Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology: Moving Forward
part |2 pages
PART I History of the Disciplines
chapter 2|14 pages
Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology in the United Kingdom: Are We Nearly There Yet?
chapter 3|16 pages
Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology: Perspectives from Italy
chapter 6|10 pages
The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence: Perspectives from South America
chapter 7|19 pages
The Origin and Development of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology in Colombia
chapter 8|13 pages
Historical Development of Forensic Anthropology: Perspectives from the United States
chapter 9|19 pages
Forensic Anthropology: Canadian Content and Contributions
chapter 10|14 pages
The Development and Current State of Forensic Anthropology: An Australian Perspective
chapter 12|14 pages
Forensic Anthropology as Practiced in South Africa
part |2 pages
PART II Forensic Archaeology
chapter 13|14 pages
The Search for and Detection of Human Remains
chapter 14|14 pages
Excavation and Recovery in Forensic Archaeological Investigations
part |2 pages
PART III Forensic Anthropology
chapter 16|13 pages
Dating of Anthropological Skeletal Remains of Forensic Interest
chapter 18|18 pages
The Assessment of Ancestry and the Concept of Race
chapter 21|15 pages
Histological Age Estimation
chapter 27|14 pages
Craniofacial Identification: Techniques of Facial Approximation and Craniofacial Superimposition
part |2 pages
PART IV The Crime and Disaster Scene: Case Studies in Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology
chapter 30|16 pages
Investigative and Legal Aspects of a U.S. Federal Death Penalty Case
chapter 33|11 pages
Medico-Legal Investigation of Atrocities Committed during the Solomon Islands “Ethnic Tensions”
chapter 35|12 pages
The Role of the Anthropologist in Disaster Victim Identification: Case Studies from the 2002 and 2004 Terrorist Attacks in Bali, Indonesia
chapter 36|13 pages
Dealing with Human Remains from Recent Conflict: Mass Grave Excavation and Human Identification in a Sensitive Political Context
chapter 37|18 pages
Forensic Investigations in Guatemala: The Continuing Search for Truth, Justice, and the Missing Two Decades after the Peace Accords
chapter 38|12 pages
Continuing Challenges for Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology in Iraq
chapter 39|16 pages
Fromelles: Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology in Identification
part |2 pages
PART V The Professional Forensic Archaeologist and the Forensic Anthropologist