Dirkmaat, Dennis
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology
A Companion to Forensic Anthropology presents the most comprehensive assessment of the philosophy, goals, and practice of forensic anthropology currently available, with chapters by renowned international scholars and experts.
- Highlights the latest advances in forensic anthropology research, as well as the most effective practices and techniques used by professional forensic anthropologists in the field
- Illustrates the development of skeletal biological profiles and offers important new evidence on statistical validation of these analytical methods.
- Evaluates the goals and methods of forensic archaeology, including the preservation of context at surface-scattered remains, buried bodies and fatal fire scenes, and recovery and identification issues related to large-scale mass disaster scenes and mass grave excavation.
Keywords: osteology bioarchaeology physical crime DNA taphonomy medical trauma human remains biology law
, Archaeological Methods & Theory, Forensic Science, Archaeological Methods & Theory, Forensic Science
- Editor
- Dirkmaat, Dennis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2012
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Series
- Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology
- Page amount
- 600 pages
- Category
- Natural Sciences
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (ePUB)
- 9781118255414
- Printed ISBN
- 9781118959794