Forensic Anthropology: Current Methods and Practice
Angi M. Christensen, PhD, D-ABFA
Nicholas V. Passalacqua, PhD, D-ABFA
Eric J. Bartelink, PhD, D-ABFA
Preface to the first edition
Preface to the second edition
Chapter 1: Introduction to forensic anthropology
1.1. Forensic anthropology defined
1.2. History of forensic anthropology
1.3. Forensic anthropology today
1.4. Skeletal collections
1.5. Forensic anthropology in legal and political contexts
1.6. Ethics in forensic anthropology
1.7. Careers in forensic anthropology
1.8. Skeletal remains as evidence
1.9. Case study: Report writing
1.10. Case study: Forensic anthropology testimony
1.11. Layout of this book
Chapter 2: Human osteology and odontology
2.1. Principles of human osteology and odontology
2.3. Bone growth and development
2.6. Case study: Skeletal inventory
2.7. Case study: Dental anomaly
Chapter 3: Skeletal examination and documentation methods
3.1. Overview of examination methods
3.2. Macroscopic analysis
3.5. Statistics, error, and uncertainty in forensic anthropology
3.9. Case study: Method selection and metrics
3.10. Case study: Radiology
Chapter 4: Medicolegal significance
4.1. The medicolegal context
4.2. Skeletal versus nonskeletal material
4.3. Human versus nonhuman skeletal material
4.4. Recent versus nonrecent human skeletal remains
4.5. Case study: Skeletal versus nonskeletal
4.6. Case study: Human versus nonhuman
4.7. Case study: Recent versus nonrecent
Chapter 5: Forensic taphonomy
5.1. Principles of forensic taphonomy
5.2. Decomposition and postmortem soft tissue changes
5.3. Postmortem skeletal changes
5.5. Body movement and disarticulation
5.6. Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI)
5.7. Humans as taphonomic agents
5.8. Case study: Postmortem tooth fractures
5.9. Case study: PMI estimation
Chapter 6: Forensic archaeology and scene processing methods
6.1. Principles of forensic archaeology
6.3. Archaeological method and theory
6.7. Evidence collection and packaging
6.8. Case study: Burial recovery
6.9. Case study: Fire scene
Chapter 7: Processing, resolving commingling, and preserving remains
7.1. Principles of skeletal processing and preparation
7.2. Skeletal processing methods
7.3. Skeletal reconstruction
7.4. Resolving commingling
7.6. Skeletal preservation
7.7. Case study: Processing
7.8. Case study: Commingling
Chapter 8: Sex estimation
8.1. Principles of sex estimation
8.2. Morphoscopic sex estimation methods
8.3. Metric sex estimation methods
8.4. Sex estimation in subadults
8.5. Other considerations in sex estimation
8.6. Case study: Sex estimation using scored pelvic and cranial traits
8.7. Case study: Sex estimation using metric analysis
8.8. Case study: (Incorrect) sex estimation using metric analysis
Chapter 9: Ancestry estimation
9.1. Principles of ancestry estimation
9.2. Morphoscopic (nonmetric) ancestry estimation
9.3. Craniometric ancestry estimation
9.4. Ancestry estimation using dental metrics
9.5. Ancestry estimation using (hu)MANid
9.6. Postcranial methods of ancestry estimation
9.7. Other considerations in ancestry estimation
9.8. Case study: Ancestry estimation using OSSA
9.9. Case study: Ancestry estimation using Fordisc
9.10. Case study: Ancestry estimation using Fordisc
Chapter 10: Age estimation
10.1. Principles of age estimation
10.2. Subadult age estimation: Dental methods
10.3. Subadult age estimation: Osteological methods
10.4. Adult age estimation: Pubic symphysis methods
10.5. Adult age estimation: Auricular surface methods
10.6. Adult age estimation: Sternal rib end methods
10.7. Adult age estimation: Histological methods
10.8. General indicators of advanced age
10.9. Other considerations in age estimation
10.10. Case study: Subadult age estimation
10.11. Case study: Adult age estimation
10.12. Case study: Age estimation using radiology
Chapter 11: Stature estimation and other skeletal metrics
11.1. Principles of stature estimation
11.2. Full skeleton methods of stature estimation
11.3. Regression methods of stature estimation
11.4. Body mass estimation
11.5. Analysis of cremains weight
11.6. Other considerations in stature estimation
11.7. Case study: Stature estimation using the full skeleton method
11.8. Case study: Manual calculation of stature estimate using regression
11.9. Case study: Stature estimation using Fordisc
Chapter 12: Individual skeletal variation
12.1. Principles of skeletal variation
12.2. Normal skeletal variation
12.4. Pathological conditions
12.5. Repetitive mechanical stress
12.6. Case study-Proliferative lesions
12.7. Case study-Dental anomalies
12.8. Case study: Button osteoma
Chapter 13: Analysis of skeletal trauma
13.1. Principles of skeletal trauma analysis
13.2. Forces, bone biomechanics, and fractures
High-velocity projectile trauma
13.5. Other considerations in skeletal trauma analysis
13.6. Case study: Antemortem and perimortem pediatric trauma
13.7. Case study: High-velocity projectile trauma
13.8. Case study: Fall from a height
Chapter 14: Personal identification
14.1. Principles of personal identification
14.2. Narrowing the pool of potential matches
14.3. Identification comparisons
14.4. Other identification approaches
14.5. Quantification in identification
14.7. Facial approximation
14.8. Case study: Radiographic comparison of foot
14.9. Case study: Exclusion based on cranial radiographs
14.10. Case study: The state of Tennessee v. David William Cosgrif, III
Chapter 15: Forensic anthropology in humanitarian and human rights investigations
15.1. Humanitarian and human rights applications of forensic anthropology
15.2. Forensic anthropology in armed conflict-related investigations
15.3. Forensic anthropology in mass disaster response and disaster victim identification
15.4. Forensic anthropology and human migration routes
15.5. Forensic anthropology and human rights investigations
15.6. Case study: Unidentified border crossers
15.7. Case study: Mass graves from the Spanish Civil War
15.8. Case study: World War II US service member recovery
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