Forensic anthropology : an introductory lab manual / Christopher M. Stojanowski and Andrew C. Seidel.

"Designed to support introductory undergraduate courses in forensic anthropology, this versatile laboratory manual provides basic training in relevant methods of biological profile estimation and trauma assessment for use in medico-legal contexts"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Stojanowski, Christopher M. (Christopher Michael), 1973- (Author)
Seidel, Andrew C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Gainesville, FL : University of Florida Press, [2023]
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Physical Description:xxi, 382 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 28 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Forensic Anthropology as a Science: An Introduction to Data Types and Basic Statistics
  • Rules of Evidence: Accuracy, Precision and Error
  • Basic Bone and Tooth Biology
  • Human Osteology
  • Establishing Medicolegal Significance
  • Sex Estimation
  • Estimating Age of Subadults
  • Estimating Age of Adults
  • Ancestry Estimation
  • Stature Estimation
  • Personal Identification
  • Skeletal Trauma and Timing of Bone Injury
  • High Velocity Projectile Trauma
  • Low Velocity Blunt and Sharp Force Trauma
  • Bone Taphonomy and Establishing the Postmortem Interval