Table of Contents

Brief History of Forensic Anthropology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley
Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command/Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC/CIL) History; Thomas D. Holland and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
Forensic Anthropology Today; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley
Human Osteology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, and Natalie R. Shirley
Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic Anthropology; Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley
Crime Scene Methodology; Denise To
Processing and Inventory of Remains; Lee Meadows Jantz
Determining the Sex of Unknown Human Skeletal Remains; Gregory E. Berg
Age Estimation Methods; Natalie R. Shirley, Alice E. Fazlollah, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
Age Estimation in Modern Forensic Anthropology; Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt
Why Do Forensic Anthropologists Estimate Ancestry; and Why Is It So Controversial? M. Katherine Spradley and Katherine Weisensee
Stature Estimation; Natalie R. Shirley
Introduction to Fordisc 3; Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley
Low-Velocity Trauma; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear
Basic Gunshot Trauma Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Taphonomy of Fire; Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. Herrmann
Taphonomic Processes: Animal Scavenging; James T. Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
Time since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval; Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor
Taphonomic Processes: Analysis of Fragmentary Remains;
MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant
Methods of Personal Identification; Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson
Forensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach; Erin H. Kimmerle
Forensic Anthropology in Mass Disasters; Paul S. Sledzik
Index

About the Author

MariaTheresa Tersigni-Tarrant is currently with Skeletal Identification Service, LLC in Lawrenceville, Georgia. Natalie Shirley is with the Department of Anthropology at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.