Forensic Recovery of Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches, Third Edition is intended to continue to fill the need for a current, comprehensive volume on the recovery and excavation of human remains-for both the classroom and as a reference for practicing professionals.
Crime scene units and law enforcement personnel typically do not receive training in methods for the recovery of human remains, and never consider this until human remains are found. At that point, it is too late. With little or no knowledge of archaeological techniques and skeletal biology, unprepared investigators can result in crime scenes that are improperly processed and vital evidence can be overlooked or destroyed. Certain skeletal elements may be missed because the individual performing the recovery does not have a framework for identifying or locating remains. Likewise, individuals may be using search or excavation techniques that are unsuitable for the recovery of human remains.
Since it is clearly not possible, or realistic in every situation, for law enforcement agencies to call upon the expertise of a forensic anthropologist, entomologist, or botanist, the book seeks to provide the reader with information that will allow them to understand and apply proper search, excavation, and recovery techniques as they apply to human remains. New chapters will include an expanded discussion of taphonomy-how it pertains to the identification and interpretation of human remains-and a focus on forensic archaeological research and teaching activities to enhance classroom learning. It will serve as an essential reference for professionals in the areas of forensic anthropology, forensic archaeology, death investigations, police and criminal investigations, as well as students in various forensic and forensic anthropology programs.
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230 s/w Photographien bzw. Rasterbilder, 47 s/w Tabellen, 25 Farbfotos bzw. farbige Rasterbilder
47 tables, 230 halftones and 25 color halftones
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Höhe: 254 mm
Breite: 178 mm
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978-1-138-70672-9 (9781138706729)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
Tosha L. Dupras, Ph.D. is a professor and Chair of the Department of Anthropology. She received her B.A. in archaeology from Simon Fraser University in 1993, an M.Sc. in Human Biology from the University of Guelph in 1995, and her Ph.D. in Anthropology from McMaster University in 1999. She specializes in reconstruction of diet through chemical means and is associated wiht the Dakhleh Oasis and the Dayr al Barsha projects in Egypt, and the Sai Island project in Sudan where she has excavated in several cemeteries and analyzed many skeletal remains. Dr. Dupras also assists local law enforcement agencies with the search for, excavation, and analysis of human remains. She has published in the American Journal of Anthropology, Journal of Forensic Science, and the Journal of Archaeological Sciences.
John J. Schultz, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in biological anthropology with a specialization in forensic anthropology at the University of Central Florida. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Florida in 2003. His research interests include forensic anthropology, taphonomy, and ground-penetrating radar methods for forensic and archaeological contexts. Recent publications have focussed on teh application of ground-penetrating radar for detecting controlled forensic graves, taphonomy of commercial cremation, and taphonomy of skeletal remains from historic contexts. Dr. Schultz also works with local law enforcement agencies on the search, recovery, and identification of human skeletal remains.
Sandra M. Wheeler, Ph.D. is a Lecturer specializing in bioarchaeology. Dr. Wheller received her Ph.D. in Anthropology from the University of Western Ontario in 2009. Her current research focuses on the bioarchaeological analysis of infants and children to sheld light on mortuary practices involving the youngest members of society. This research synthesizes information from the social, cultutal, and natural environtments to gain an understanding of children's lives and deaths in the past. Dr. Wheeler also researches ancient birthing practices, maternal heath, growth and development, ancient health and diseas, and mortuary landscapes.
Lana J. Willieams, Ph.D. is a Lecturer specializing in bioarchaeology. She received her Ph.D. in 2008 from University of Western Ontario. She has been a member of the Dakleh Oasis Project in Egypt since 2002, with Katholieke Universiteit Leuven project at Dayr al-Barsha in Egypt since 2006, and also works with various archaeological projects in Europe, the Near East, and Mesoamerica. The focus of Dr. William's research is the understand of the synergistic complexities among biological, social, and physical environments in the past. She focuses particularly on isotopic and elemental analysis of hair, seasonality in fertility and disease, musculoskeletal biomechanics and patterns of activity, and placement of the dead in the physical and social landscapes.
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University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA
Preface, Acknowledgments, Author Bios
1 - Introduction to Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Archaeology
2 - Tools & Equipment
3 - Human Skeletal Terminology
4 - Understanding the Forensic Context
5 - Taphonomy
6 - Search Techniques Used in Locating Human Remains
7 - Methods of Geophysical Survey
8 - Survey and Mapping Techniques
9 - Applying Archaeological Methods in a Forensic Context
10 - Collecting Botanical and Entomological Evidence
11 - Collecting Skeletal Remains
12 - The Final Report
13 - Research in Forensic Archaeology & Teaching Activities
Appendices
Glossary
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