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 xi
... scene processing for human remains , taphonomy , and human identification . Among these are two books , Taphonomy : the Postmortem Fate of Human Remains and the Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Manual . He has been an affiliate ...
... scene processing for human remains , taphonomy , and human identification . Among these are two books , Taphonomy : the Postmortem Fate of Human Remains and the Medicolegal Death Investigator Training Manual . He has been an affiliate ...
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... scene where ancient human remains had been discovered . Recognizing the limitations of the information that was available , we attempted to answer questions about the postmortem fate of human remains during our death investi- gation ...
... scene where ancient human remains had been discovered . Recognizing the limitations of the information that was available , we attempted to answer questions about the postmortem fate of human remains during our death investi- gation ...
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... scenes of crime : in Britain , for example , post - mortem study is normally the legal responsibility of the forensic ... scene visits and into deeper , practical involvement . These have occurred as complete burials , dismember- ments ...
... scenes of crime : in Britain , for example , post - mortem study is normally the legal responsibility of the forensic ... scene visits and into deeper , practical involvement . These have occurred as complete burials , dismember- ments ...
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... scene , to make rapid decisions , and to be confident . Over - arching , however , is the need to understand crime scene protocols and the evidentiary requirements of others involved at the scene itself . The fragmented police structure ...
... scene , to make rapid decisions , and to be confident . Over - arching , however , is the need to understand crime scene protocols and the evidentiary requirements of others involved at the scene itself . The fragmented police structure ...
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... scene of crime officers , forensic scientists , coroners , etc. Homicide convictions have used archaeological evidence , and hence exhumation without archaeological assis- tance now lays itself open to more exacting cross - examination ...
... scene of crime officers , forensic scientists , coroners , etc. Homicide convictions have used archaeological evidence , and hence exhumation without archaeological assis- tance now lays itself open to more exacting cross - examination ...
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