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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Page xix
... animal bones . Buckland used his observations to conclude that ancient bones with similar damage recovered from ... animals and , thus , humans and those beasts had been contemporaries . What Buckland , Lartet , and others in the ...
... animal bones . Buckland used his observations to conclude that ancient bones with similar damage recovered from ... animals and , thus , humans and those beasts had been contemporaries . What Buckland , Lartet , and others in the ...
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... animal carcasses ; this was Lartet's inference of 1860 and that same inference can be made today . Perhaps I am a bit too pessimistic with respect to my taphonomically inclined col- leagues . Regardless of that , I think it is clear ...
... animal carcasses ; this was Lartet's inference of 1860 and that same inference can be made today . Perhaps I am a bit too pessimistic with respect to my taphonomically inclined col- leagues . Regardless of that , I think it is clear ...
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... animal scavenging , the effects of aqueous dispersion of bodies and body parts , and the effects of immediate postmortem transfer . Although the first volume is multi - authored , each chapter provides the reader with new data and ...
... animal scavenging , the effects of aqueous dispersion of bodies and body parts , and the effects of immediate postmortem transfer . Although the first volume is multi - authored , each chapter provides the reader with new data and ...
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... animal scavengers and the effects of standing and running water on a body ; and the effects on a body of postmortem trauma whether inflicted by another human , animal , or the environment . It is fitting to make available whatever ...
... animal scavengers and the effects of standing and running water on a body ; and the effects on a body of postmortem trauma whether inflicted by another human , animal , or the environment . It is fitting to make available whatever ...
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... animal behavior and bacteriological activity to climatic and botanical effects ( see Haglund and Sorg , 1997 ) . Mission and Morality Forensic archaeology requires team playing within a broad panorama of the different groups and ...
... animal behavior and bacteriological activity to climatic and botanical effects ( see Haglund and Sorg , 1997 ) . Mission and Morality Forensic archaeology requires team playing within a broad panorama of the different groups and ...
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