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Forensic Anthropology and Medicine
. Ed(S): Schmitt, Aurore; Cunha, Eugenia; Pinheiro, Joao Emanuel Santos
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Description for Forensic Anthropology and Medicine
Hardback. Takes an interdisciplinary and international approach to understanding taphonomic modifications. This work covers topics such as: macroenvironmental variation and decomposition in different environments, taphonomic interpretation of water deaths, as well as interpretation of buried human remains. Editor(s): Schmitt, Aurore; Cunha, Eugenia; Pinheiro, Joao Emanuel Santos. Num Pages: 480 pages, 197 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVF1; MMQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 37. Weight in Grams: 900.
Recent political, religious, ethnic, and racial conflicts, as well as mass disasters, have significantly helped to bring to light the almost unknown dis- pline of forensic anthropology. This science has become particularly useful to forensic pathologists because it aids in solving various puzzles, such as id- tifying victims and documenting crimes. On topics such as mass disasters and crimes against humanity, teamwork between forensic pathologists and for- sic anthropologists has significantly increased over the few last years. This relationship has also improved the study of routine cases in local medicolegal institutes. When human remains are badly decomposed, partially skelet- ized, ... Read more
Recent political, religious, ethnic, and racial conflicts, as well as mass disasters, have significantly helped to bring to light the almost unknown dis- pline of forensic anthropology. This science has become particularly useful to forensic pathologists because it aids in solving various puzzles, such as id- tifying victims and documenting crimes. On topics such as mass disasters and crimes against humanity, teamwork between forensic pathologists and for- sic anthropologists has significantly increased over the few last years. This relationship has also improved the study of routine cases in local medicolegal institutes. When human remains are badly decomposed, partially skelet- ized, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
Totowa, NJ, United States
ISBN
9781588298249
SKU
V9781588298249
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Reviews for Forensic Anthropology and Medicine
"... an important contribution to the rapidly growing literature in forensic anthopology ..." - International Journal of Osteoarchaeology "...a detailed guide to the techniques involved in analyzing and interpreting skeletal remains in a medicolegal context." -Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal