Description
Book SynopsisPresenting a rare glimpse into the various laboratories that involve forensic anthropology, The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory reveals the ways in which anthropologists document, process, and collect data for academic research and practical and legal applications, including time of death, trauma analyses, and the identification of unknown human remains.
Drawing from a wide range of sources, the book begins with detailed descriptions of how body donations are received and processed. It includes extraordinary photos documenting the steps taken to ensure that each body part is tracked from the moment it is received through the decomposition and skeletonization processes. Dr. David Hunt, of the Smithsonian Institution, discusses destructive analysis, diagnostic imaging, casting, and all types of anthroposcopic and anthropometric data collection methods.
The book also compares the duties of full-time forensic anthropologists in a medical examinerâs office with their aca
Table of Contents
Introduction. The Anthropology Research Facility, University of Tennessee. The Forensic Anthropology Laboratory in a Medical Examiner Setting. Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command’s Central Identification Laboratory. The University of Indianapolis Archeology & Forensics Laboratory. The Mass Fatality Incident Morgue: A Laboratory for Disaster Victim Identification. The Repatriation Osteology Laboratory at the Smithsonian Institution. History and Collections of the Division of Physical Anthropology, Smithsonian Institution. The LSU Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services Laboratory. The Working Forensic Anthropology Laboratory.
