Manual of forensic taphonomy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Pokines, James T. (Author, Editor), Symes, Steve A. (Author, Editor)
Corporate Author:	ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2013]
Subjects:	Forensic taphonomy. Postmortem changes. Crime scene searches. Forensic Anthropology > methods. Postmortem Changes. Environment. Ebooks. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction : collection of macroscopic osseous taphonomic data and the recognition of taphonomic suites of characteristics
Microscopic destruction of bone
Human decompositions ecology and postmortem microbiology
Bone density and bone attrition
Effects of burial environment on osseous remains
Fluvial taphonomy
Marine environmental alterations to bone
Contemporary cultural alterations to bone
Faunal dispersal, reconcentration, and gnawing damage to bone in terrestrial environments
Deposition and dispersal of human remains as a result of criminal acts : homo sapiens sapiens as a taphonomic agent
Subaerial weathering
Taphonomic bone staining and color changes in forensic contexts
Taphonomy and the timing of bone fractures in trauma analysis
Thermal alteration to bone
DNA survivability in skeletal remains
Avian taphonomy
Effects of recovery methods.