The analysis of burned human remains /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Schmidt, Christopher W., Symes, Steve A.
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic, 2008.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Forensic anthropology. Human remains (Archaeology) Burns and scalds > Research. Forensic Anthropology. Forensic Dentistry. Burns.

Table of Contents:

Fire and bodies
Patterned thermal destruction of human remains in a forensic setting
The recovery and study of burned human teeth
Analysis of human cremains : gross and chemical methods
Thermally induced changes in the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of charred bones
Bone color as an interpretive tool of the depositional history of archaeological cremains
Time, temperature, and oxygen availability : an experimental study of the effects of environmental conditions on the color and organic content of cremated bone
Heat-related changes in tooth color : temperature versus duration of exposure
Investigations on Pre-Roman and Roman cremation remains from southwestern Germany : results, potentialities and limits
In the heat of the pyre : efficiency of oxidation in Romano-British cremations - did it really matter?
Fire as a cultural taphonomic agent : understanding mortuary behavior at Khuzhir-Nuge XIV, Siberia
Putting together the pieces : reconstructing mortuary practices from commingled ossuary cremains
A taphonomic analysis of human cremains from the Fox Hollow Farm serial homicide site
Early archaic cremations from southern Indiana
Towards an archaeology of cremations.