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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... Stewart (1979a) and Rhine (1998) and the references therein. The principal players at that time were Thomas Dwight, whom T. Dale Stewart dubbed the father of forensic anthropology, H. H. Wilder, and Jeffries Wyman and Oliver Wendell ...
... Stewart on the data collected by Stewart's identification team in Japan (which included Ellis R. Kerley and Charles P. Warren). The resulting report (McKern and Stewart, 1957) added substantially to our compendium of knowledge on ...
... (Stewart, 1979a; Hoffman, 1984) to a similar extent. Granted, the presence of claws on a bear paw would quickly give away its identity, but these are typically missing because the distal phalanges are cut off when the hide is removed ...
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Contents
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PART III PRINCIPAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ROLES IN MEDICALLEGAL INVESTIGATION | 99 |
References | 152 |
Index | 175 |