Fundamentals of Forensic AnthropologyAn essential foundation for the practice of forensic anthropology This text is the first of its level written in more than twenty years. It serves as a summary and guide to the core material that needs to be mastered and evaluated for the practice of forensic anthropology. The text is divided into three parts that collectively provide a solid base in theory and methodology:
The critical and evaluative approach to the primary literature stresses the inherent biological constraints on degrees of precision and certainty, and cautions about potential pitfalls. The practical focus, coupled with theoretical basics, make Fundamentals of Forensic Anthropology ideal for upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in biological anthropology as well as forensic scientists in allied fields of medical-legal investigation. |
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Linda L. Klepinger. PART II TOWARDS PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 3 Initial Assessments of Skeletal Remains 19 Human or Not?, 20 Number of Individuals Represented, 22 4 Assignment of Sex 25 Criteria for Sex Attribution in the Adult Skeleton ...
... human beings in a cultural context. The subfield of forensic anthropology adapts this focus to the special job of identifying unknown remains and seeking and interpreting any evidence relating to the death that the remains may hold. We ...
... skeletal, badly decomposed, or otherwise unidentified human remains is important for both legal and humanitarian reasons. Forensic anthropologists apply standard scientific techniques developed in physical anthropology to identify human ...
... skeletal remains of past peoples pushed the envelope of osteology beyond the parameters of study routinely addressed by physicians and anatomists. The knowledge, skills and experience that physical anthropologists focused on to derive ...
... human skeletal anatomy—including its medical–legal implications—although he must have been self-taught since he claimed in his dissertation to have had no formal training in osteology. Nevertheless, his expertise was summoned for the ...
Contents
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PART III PRINCIPAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ROLES IN MEDICALLEGAL INVESTIGATION | 99 |
References | 152 |
Index | 175 |