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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... evidence , which I do not mean is the notion captured by the phrase " the absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence , " sometimes referred to with the shorthand " negative evidence . " Rather , what I mean is that ...
... evidence , which I do not mean is the notion captured by the phrase " the absence of evidence is not necessarily evidence of absence , " sometimes referred to with the shorthand " negative evidence . " Rather , what I mean is that ...
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... evidence , the working parameters , the ancillary disciplines , and the judicial constraints were all distinctive . More pertinently , the way in which the buried data were interrogated was different , and this alone effectively created ...
... evidence , the working parameters , the ancillary disciplines , and the judicial constraints were all distinctive . More pertinently , the way in which the buried data were interrogated was different , and this alone effectively created ...
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... evidence overrules the loss of other evidence . Decisions are made through collaboration between scene specialists , not through a process of ethical and moral dilemmas , nor through the exactitudes of archaeo- logical purism . What ...
... evidence overrules the loss of other evidence . Decisions are made through collaboration between scene specialists , not through a process of ethical and moral dilemmas , nor through the exactitudes of archaeo- logical purism . What ...
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... evidence , and hence exhumation without archaeological assis- tance now lays itself open to more exacting cross - examination in court . One recent case was based entirely on taphonomic criteria . Was the victim's state of decay ...
... evidence , and hence exhumation without archaeological assis- tance now lays itself open to more exacting cross - examination in court . One recent case was based entirely on taphonomic criteria . Was the victim's state of decay ...
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... evidence , together with psychological profiling , dump analysis , and the use of other intelligence . This includes targeting possible locations and utilizing certain techniques and sequences of techniques in order to maximize recovery ...
... evidence , together with psychological profiling , dump analysis , and the use of other intelligence . This includes targeting possible locations and utilizing certain techniques and sequences of techniques in order to maximize recovery ...
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