Bare Bones: A Survey of Forensic Anthropology

SECTION I

1. Medicolegal Aspects of Death

2. What Is Forensic Anthropology?

3. Recovery, Documentation, and Preparation of Human Remains

4. Taphonomy

5. Human Osteology and Osteometry



SECTION II

6. Determination of Biological Sex

7. Determination of Ancestry

8. Determination of Age at Death

9. Determination of Stature

10. Personal Identification

11. Forensic Art.



SECTION III

12. Interpreting Skeletal Trauma

13. Burned and Cremated Bodies

14. Mass Fatalities

15. Human Rights Missions

16. The Profession of Forensic Anthropology



Appendix: Graduate Program



Index