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This reference, now in its second edition, is a comprehensive guide that focuses on the practical aspects of excavating and recovering human remains, as well as any associated evidence, from crime scenes. It highlights the protocols and techniques that are used to successfully survey, map, recover, document, collect, and transport evidence. New additions to the reference include discussion questions and suggested readings, updated mapping and measuring techniques, including a section on GIS and backpack differential GPS systems, expanded information on botany, DNA, and soil, and non-forensi.
Introduction to Forensic Archaeology; Anthropology in the Medicolegal Process; What Do Forensic Anthropologists Do?; What Do Forensic Archaeologists Do?; Locating and Eliminating Areas of Interest; Interpreting Scene Context; Mapping the Scene; Excavation of Remains; Collecting Remains and Evidence; Education and Training; Employment in Academic and Nonacademic Settings; Locating a Forensic Anthropologist or Forensic Archaeologist; Tools and Equipment; Search and Site Preparation Equipment; Field Excavation Equipment; Mapping and Measuring Equipment; Drawing and Recording Equipment; Optional Equipment; Caring for Your Equipment; Basic Field Equipment Checklist; Human Skeletal Terminology; Terms Associated with Bone Morphology; Terms Associated with Bone Features; Anatomical or Relative Position; Basic Adult Human Skeleton; Basic Juvenile Human.
Skeleton; Basic Human Dentition; Terms Associated with Dental Morphology and Position; Dental Numbering Systems; Understanding the Forensic Context; Defining a Forensic Context; Indications of a Forensic Context; Location of Remains; Position and Orientation of the Body; Preservation of the Remains; Associated Artifacts and Evidence; Common Non-Forensic Contexts; Prehistoric Finds; Historic and Modern Cemetery Settings; Ritualistic or Anatomical Use of Remains; Search Techniques for Locating Human Remains; Types of Search Areas; Planning the Search; Visual Foot Searches; Strip or Line Pattern; Grid Pattern; Spiral Pattern; Other Recommendations for Visual Searches; Briefing Team Members Prior to Search; Indications of Surface Deposit of Remains; Common Taphonomic Processes of Dispersal; Dispersed Remains; Indications of Burial.
Of Remains; Cadaver Dogs; What Is a Cadaver Dog?; Limitation of Cadaver Dogs; Locating a Cadaver Dog; Intrusive Search Methods; Probe Searches; Shovel Testing and Shovel Shining; Heavy Equipment Searches; Methods of Geophysical Survey; Ground-Penetrating Radar; Electromagnetic Induction Meters; Electrical Resistivity Meters; Magnetometers; Magnetic Locators; Metal Detectors; Side-Scan Sonar; Locating a Geophysical Survey Consultant; Surveying and Mapping Methods; Units of Measure; Using Maps; Using the Global Positioning System; Using Aerial Imagery; Creating Sketch Maps; Creating a Site Plan; Datums, Baselines,
And Offsets; Transit Survey Systems; Compass Survey Maps; Creating Scaled Drawings; Establishing Limits and Using the Datum; Frameworks for Drawing to Scale; Section Drawings from Mapped Data; Mapping on a Slope; Applying Archaeological Methods in a Forensic Context; General Principles of Archaeology; Provenience and Context; Features; Stratigraphy and Soils; Principles of Deposition; Geotaphonomy; Archaeological Approaches to Recovering Human Remains; Recovering Surface Remains and Associated Evidence ; Removing Buried Remains and Associated Evidence; How to Use an Archaeological Trowel; Collecting Botanical and Entomological Evidence; Forensic Botany; Sources of Botanical Evidence; Collecting and Preserving Botanical Evidence; Locating a Forensic Botanist; Forensic Entomology; Insect Life Cycle; Insects.
Significant to the Recovery of Human Remains; Collecting and Preserving Entomological Evidence; Locating a Forensic Entomologist; Basic Entomology Collection Kit Checklist; Collecting Skeletal Remains; Human Skeletal Remains; Collecting Human Skeletal Remains; Collecting Juvenile Skeletal Remains; Collecting Fleshed Remains; Collecting Burnt Remains; Collecting Evidence of Surgical or Dental Modifications; Nonhuman Skeletal Remains; The Nonhuman Mammal Skeleton; The Avian Skeleton; The Reptilian Skeleton; The Amphibian Skeleton; The Fish Skeleton; Common Misidentifications of Human and Nonhuman Bone; Writing the Final Report; Report Contents; Beginning Information; Case Summary; Participants; Scene Information; Search Summary; Surface Deposit; Excavation Summary; Remains Recovered; Associated Evidence; Collected Samples.
; Photographs/Video; Field Drawings/Maps; References; Appendices; Signatures and Dates; Example of a Case Report; Appendix A: Adult Skeletal Inventory Form (Field Collection); Appendix B: Infant Skeletal Inventory Form (Field Collection); Appendix C: Child Skeletal Inventory Form (Field Collection); Appendix D: Personnel and Scene Summary Form; Appendix E: Recovery Scene Context Form; Appendix F: Surface Deposit Recovery Form; Appendix G: Feature Excavation Form; Appendix H: Remains Summary Form; Appendix I: Forensic Entomology Data Collection Form; Appendix J: Photography/Video Record Form; Appendix K: Evidentiary Inventory Form; Appendix L: Evidentiary Chain of Custody Form; Glossary; Index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.