Foreword

William M. Bass

I. Introduction

II. The Field of Forensic Anthropology

1. Forensic Anthropology: A Decade of Progress

Kathleen J. Reichs

III. Recovery

2. The Scene and Context: Contributions of the Forensic Anthropologist

William D. Haglund

3. Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights Issues

Karen Ramey Burns

4. The Growing Popularity of Cremation Versus Inhumation: Some Forensic Implications

Turhon A. Murad

IV. Time Since Death

5. Forensic Taphonomy: Postmortem Decomposition and Decay

Paul S. Sledzik

6. Cadaver Dogs, Taphonomy, and Postmortem Interval in the Northeast

Marcella H. Sorg

Edward David

Andrew J. Rebmann

7. Estimation of Time Since Death in the Southwestern United States

Stanley Rhine

James E. Dawson

V. The Biological Profile

8. Observational and Metric Analysis of Sex in the Skeleton

Diane L. France

9. Forensic Aspects of Fetal and Neonatal Skeletons

David S. Weaver

10. Applications of Public Age Determination in a Forensic Setting

Judy Myers Suchey

Daryl Katz

11. The Application of Histological Techniques for Age at Death Determination

Sam D. Stout

12. A Multimedia Tool for the Assessment of Age In Immature Remains: The Electronic Encyclopedia for Maxillo-facial, Dental and Skeletal Development

Kathleen J. Reichs

Arto Demirjian

13. Regression Formulae for Estimating Age at Death from Cranial Suture Closure

Stephen P. Nawrocki

14. Craniofacial Criteria in the Skeletal Attribution of Race

George W. Gill

VI. Trauma Analysis

15. The Timing of Injuries and Manner of Death: Distinguishing Among Antemortem, Perimortem and Postmortem Trauma

Norman J. Sauer

16. Recognizing Gunshot and Blunt Cranial Trauma Through Fracture Interpretation

Hugh E. Berryman

Steven A. Symes

17. Postmortem Dismemberment: Recovery, Analysis and Interpretation

Kathleen J. Reichs

18. Saw Marks in Bone: Introduction and Examination of Residual Kerf Contour

Steven A. Symes

Hugh E. Berryman

O. C. Smith

19. Skeletal Trauma and the Individualization of Knife Marks in Bones

Max H. Houck

VII. Statistics and Data Bases

20. Clarification or Confusion: Statistical Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology

Linda Klepinger

Eugene Giles

21. The Forensic Data Bank: Documenting Skeletal Trends in the United States

Stephen D. Ousley

Richard L. Jantz

VIII. Specialized Techniques

22. Mostly MOS: Technical Aspects of Identification of Skeletal Markers of Occupational Stress

Cynthia Wilczak

Kenneth A. R. Kennedy

23. Facial Approximation: Procedures and Pitfalls

Kathleen J. Reichs

Emily Craig

24. The Evolving Role of the Microscope in Forensic Anthropology

Douglas H. Ubelaker

25. The Third Exhumation of Jesse Woodson James: Implications for the Analysis of Historic Figures

Michael Finnegan

Daniel A. Kysar

Index