Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological PerspectivesWilliam D. Haglund, Marcella H. Sorg Liberally illustrated with photographs, maps, and other images, Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives offers modern techniques for obtaining clues from postmortem evidence. This bestselling reference examines techniques in recovery and analysis, coverage of mass grave investigation, applications of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA techniques, interpretation of burned human remains, the discrimination of trauma from postmortem change, and taphonomic interpretation of water deaths both at the scene and in the lab. It also discusses microenvironmental variation and decomposition in different environments, as well as geochemical and entomological analysis. |
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... 6 Library of Congress Card Number 2001029514 Printed in the United States of America 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Printed on acid - free paper Table of Contents Preface The Editors The Contributors Acknowledgments Multidisciplinary.
... 6 Library of Congress Card Number 2001029514 Printed in the United States of America 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Printed on acid - free paper Table of Contents Preface The Editors The Contributors Acknowledgments Multidisciplinary.
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... United Kingdom and the United States in the teaching of archaeology / anthro- pology . We would hope this makes more salient our sometimes provincial tendencies , characteristics we must confront more and more as we meet on the ...
... United Kingdom and the United States in the teaching of archaeology / anthro- pology . We would hope this makes more salient our sometimes provincial tendencies , characteristics we must confront more and more as we meet on the ...
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... United Nations ' Senior Forensic Advisor for the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia . He is presently Director of the International forensic Program for Physicians for Human Rights , a Boston - based ...
... United Nations ' Senior Forensic Advisor for the International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia . He is presently Director of the International forensic Program for Physicians for Human Rights , a Boston - based ...
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... United Kingdom Valerie J. Cervenka , M.Sc. Department of Entomology University of Minnesota St. Paul , Minnesota Melissa Connor , M.A. Forensic and Archaeological Services Lincoln , Nebraska Pamela M. Mayne Correia , M.A. Department of ...
... United Kingdom Valerie J. Cervenka , M.Sc. Department of Entomology University of Minnesota St. Paul , Minnesota Melissa Connor , M.A. Forensic and Archaeological Services Lincoln , Nebraska Pamela M. Mayne Correia , M.A. Department of ...
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... United States where it is a component of physical anthropology in medico - legal matters . However , in the United Kingdom , where archaeology evolved as an independent discipline concerned purely with excavation and field skills , and ...
... United States where it is a component of physical anthropology in medico - legal matters . However , in the United Kingdom , where archaeology evolved as an independent discipline concerned purely with excavation and field skills , and ...
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