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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| The Editors | |
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| Contributors | |
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| Acknowledgment | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Method and Theory of Forensic Taphonomic Research | |
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| Context Delicti: Archaeological Context in Forensic Work | |
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| The Role of Archaeology in the Recovery and Interpretation of Human Remains from an Outdoor Forensic Setting | |
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| Chain of Custody from the Field to the Courtroom | |
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| Taphonomic Applications in Forensic Anthropology | |
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| Chemical and Ultrastructural Aspects of Decomposition | |
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| Preservation and Recovery of DNA in Postmortem Specimens and Trace Samples | |
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| The Process of Decomposition: A Model from the Arizona-Sonoran Desert | |
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| Postmortem Changes in Soft Tissues | |
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| Recognition of Cemetery Remains in the Forensic Setting | |
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| Frozen Environments and Soft Tissue Preservation | |
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| Outdoor Decomposition Rates in Tennessee | |
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| Microscopic Structure of Bone | |
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| Microscopic Investigation of Excavated Skeletal Remains: A Contribution to Paleopathology and Forensic Medicine | |
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| A Critical Evaluation of Bone Weathering as an Indication of Bone Assemblage Formation | |
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| Eskimo Skeleton Taphonomy with Identification of Possible Polar Bear Victims | |
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| Human Variables in the Postmorterm Alteration of Human Bone: Examples from U.S. War Casualties | |
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| Fire Modification of Bone: A Review of the Literature | |
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| Human Bone Mineral Densities and Survival of Bone Elements: A Contemporary Sample | |
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| Cranial Bone Displacement as a Taphonomic Process in Potential Child Abuse Cases | |
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| Biodegradation of Hairs and Fibers | |
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| Forensic Botany | |
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| Dogs and Coyotes: Postmortem Involvement with Human Remains | |
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| Scattered Skeletal Human Remains: Search Strategy Considerations for Locating Missing Teeth | |
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| The Utilization of Faunal Evidence in the Recovery of Human Remains | |
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| Rodents and Human Remains | |
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| On the Body: Insects' Life Stage Presence, Their Postmortem Artifacts | |
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| Human Remains Recovered from a Shark's Stomach in South Carolina | |
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| Decomposition of Buried and Submerged Bodies | |
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| Decomposition Rates of Deliberate Burials: A Case Study of Preservation | |
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| Autopsied, Embalmed, and Preserved Human Remains: Distinguishing Features in Forensic and Historic Contexts | |
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| NecroSearch Revisited: Further Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Detection of Clandestine Graves | |
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| Preservation in Late 19th Century Iron Coffin Burials | |
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| Fluvial Transport of Human Crania | |
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| The Taphonomic Effects of Flood Waters on Bone | |
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| Movement of Bodies in Lake Ontario | |
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| Forensic Taphonomy in Marine Contexts | |
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| Human Aquatic Taphonomy in the Monterey Bay Area | |
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| Burials at Sea | |
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| Index | |