A companion to forensic anthropology

List of Illustrations ix    List of Tables xvi     Notes on Contributors xvii     About This Book xxix     Acknowledgments xxxv     Part I Introduction and Brief History of Forensic Anthropology 1     1 Forensic Anthropology: Embracing the New Paradigm 3  Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Luis L. Cabo     Part II Recovery of Human Remains from Outdoor Contexts 41     Introduction to Part II 43  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     2 Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother? 48  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     3 Determining the Forensic Significance of Skeletal Remains 66  John J. Schultz     4 The Application of Ground-Penetrating Radar for Forensic Grave Detection 85  John J. Schultz     5 Crime Scene Perspective: Collecting Evidence in the Context of the Criminal Incident 101  Michael J. Hochrein     6 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal-Fire Victim 113  Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Gregory O. Olson, Alexandra R. Klales, and Sara Getz     7 Forensic Anthropology at the Mass Fatality Incident ( Commercial Airliner) Crash Scene 136  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     8 Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods, and Lessons Learned 157  Hugh H. Tuller     9 Archaeology, Mass Graves, and Resolving Commingling Issues through Spatial Analysis 175  Luis L. Cabo, Dennis C. Dirkmaat, James M. Adovasio, and Vicente C. Rozas     Part III Developments in Forensic Osteology 197     Introduction to Part III 199  Luis L. Cabo     10 Developments in Forensic Anthropology: Age-at-Death Estimation 202  Heather M. Garvin, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Natalie M. Uhl, Desina R. Gipson, Rebecca S. Overbury, and Luis L. Cabo     11 Skeletal Age Estimation: Where We Are and Where We Should Go 224  George R. Milner and Jesper L. Boldsen     12 Adult Sex Determination: Methods and Application 239  Heather M. Garvin     13 Sexual Dimorphism: Interpreting Sex Markers 248  Luis L. Cabo, Ciaran P. Brewster, and Juan Luengo Azpiazu     14 Morphoscopic Traits and the Assessment of Ancestry 287  Joseph T. Hefner, Stephen D. Ousley, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat     15 Fordisc 3 and Statistical Methods for Estimating Sex and Ancestry 311  Stephen D. Ousley and Richard L. Jantz     16 Estimating Stature 330  Stephen D. Ousley     Part IV Developments in Human Skeletal Trauma Analysis 335     Introduction to Part IV 337  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     17 Interpreting Traumatic Injury to Bone in Medicolegal Investigations 340  Steven A. Symes, Ericka N. L    Abbe, Erin N. Chapman, Ivana Wolff, and Dennis C. Dirkmaat     18 The Biomechanics of Gunshot Trauma to Bone: Research Considerations within the Present Judicial Climate 390  Hugh E. Berryman, Alicja K. Lanfear, and Natalie R. Shirley     19 Developments in Skeletal Trauma: Blunt-Force Trauma 400  Nicholas V. Passalacqua and Todd W. Fenton     Part V Advances in Human Identification 413     Introduction to Part V 415  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     20 Advances in the Anthropological Analysis of Cremated Remains 418  Traci L. Van Deest, Michael W. Warren, and Katelyn L. Bolhofner     21 Human Identification Using Skull   Photo Superimposition and Forensic Image Comparison 432  Norman J. Sauer, Amy R. Michael, and Todd W. Fenton     22 DNA Analysis and the Classic Goal of Forensic Anthropology 447  Luis L. Cabo     23 DNA Identification and Forensic Anthropology: Developments in DNA Collection, Analysis, and Technology 462  David Boyer     Part VI Forensic Taphonomy 471     Introduction to Part VI 473  Dennis C. Dirkmaat and Nicholas V. Passalacqua     24 Current Research in Forensic Taphonomy 477  Marcella H. Sorg, William D. Haglund, and Jamie A. Wren     25 The Use of Taphonomy in Forensic Anthropology: Past Trends and Future Prospects 499  Mark O. Beary and R. Lee Lyman     Part VII Forensic Anthropology Beyond Academia 529     Introduction to Part VII 531  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     26 Forensic Anthropologists in Medical Examiner    s and Coroner    s Offices: A History 534  Hugh E. Berryman and Alicja K. Lanfear     27 Forensic Anthropology at the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner 549  Christopher W. Rainwater, Christian Crowder, Kristen M. Hartnett, Jeannette S. Fridie, Benjamin J. Figura, Jennifer Godbold, Scott C. Warnasch, and Bradley J. Adams     28 The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory 567  Paul D. Emanovsky and William R. Belcher     Part VIII Forensic Anthropology Outside North America 593     Introduction to Part VIII 595  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     29 European Perspectives and the Role of the Forensic Archaeologist in the UK 598  Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Stephen Litherland, and Julie Roberts     30 The Establishment and Advancement of Forensic Anthropology in South Africa 626  Ericka N. L    Abbe and Maryna Steyn     31 The Application of Forensic Anthropology to the Investigation of Cases of Political Violence 639  Luis Fondebrider     Part IX Ethics, Overview, and the Future of Forensic Anthropology 649     Introduction to Part IX 651  Dennis C. Dirkmaat     32 The Pervasiveness of Daubert 654  Stephen D. Ousley and R. Eric Hollinger     33 Ethics in Forensic Anthropology 666  Diane L. France     34 An    Outsider    Look at Forensic Anthropology 683  James M. Adovasio     Index 690