Description
Book SynopsisA photographic atlas of common North American animal bones designed for use as a laboratory and field guide by the forensic scientist or archaeologist.
Trade Review"A fun online portion of a larger textbook, this site of comparative osteology shows hips and shoulders and thighs and shins and more from all sorts of animals: bear, deer, dog, opossum—all helpfully showcased alongside the human equivalent… Intended as a field guide for forensic scientists to help police crime scene investigators figure out what is human and what isn’t, the photos are just as useful for figuring out what, exactly, the dog has got in his mouth." --SmithsonianMag.com, March 2013 "At long last we now have a well illustrated, comprehensive photographic guide to distinguish human skeletal remains from a wide range of common animal species. Most previous guides to determine whether a bone was human or animal illustrated a very small number of non-human species. This atlas also illustrates a range of butchery marks and includes prehistoric (stone tools) and historic (metal cleavers, saws and knife marks) found on bones. In addition, Adams and Crabtree illustrate both adult and juvenile animal bones as well as adult and sub-adult human bones. This book is a must for the library of all osteologists or biological scientists called upon to identify human and non-human skeletal remains." --William Bass, Retired, Emeritus Professor of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Table of Contents1. Introduction, Scope of Book, and Credits 2. Crania 3. Humeri 4. Radii and Ulnae 5. Femora 6. Tibiae 7. Human (Homo sapiens) 8. Horse (Equus caballus) 9. Cow (Bos taurus and Bos indicus) 10. Bear (Ursus americanus) 11. Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) 12. Pig (Sus scrofa) 13. Goat (Capra hircus) 14. Sheep (Ovis aries) 15. Dog (Canis familiaris) 16. Raccoon (Procyon lotor) 17. Opossum (Didelphis virginiana) 18. Cat (Felis catus) 19. Rabbit (Sylvilagus carolinensis and Oryctolagus cunniculus) 20. Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) 21. Duck (Anas platyrhynchos) 22. Chicken (Gallus gallus) 23. Miscellaneous Animals 24. Traces of Butchery and Bone Working
