ABSTRACT

Introduction to Forensic Anthropology provides an overview of the methods used by forensic anthropologists to examine human skeletal remains, describing each step in the forensic anthropological process with equal intensity.

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|25 pages

Basics of Human Osteology and Odontology

chapter 3|23 pages

Establishing Forensic Significance

chapter 4|19 pages

Recovery Scene Methods 75

chapter 5|18 pages

Estimating Postmortem Interval

chapter 6|19 pages

Initial Treatment and Examination

chapter 7|20 pages

Attribution of Ancestry

chapter 8|23 pages

Attribution of Sex

chapter 9|39 pages

Estimation of Age at Death

chapter 10|18 pages

Calculation of Stature

chapter 11|17 pages

Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton

chapter 12|18 pages

Projectile Trauma

chapter 13|19 pages

Blunt Trauma

chapter 14|15 pages

Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma 285

chapter 15|25 pages

Antemortem Skeletal Conditions

chapter 16|20 pages

Postmortem Changes to Bone

chapter 17|12 pages

Additional Aspects of Individualization

chapter 18|16 pages

Obtaining an Identification

chapter 19|10 pages

Conclusion