The Analysis of Burned Human Remains
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The Analysis of Burned Human Remains

  1. 296 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

The Analysis of Burned Human Remains

About this book

This unique reference provides a primary source for osteologists and the medical/legal community for the understanding of burned bone remains in forensic or archaeological contexts. It describes in detail the changes in human bone and soft tissues as a body burns at both the chemical and gross levels and provides an overview of the current procedures in burned bone study. Case studies in forensic and archaeological settings aid those interested in the analysis of burned human bodies, from death scene investigators, to biological anthropologists looking at the recent or ancient dead. - Includes the diagnostic patterning of color changes that give insight to the severity of burning, the positioning of the body, and presence (or absence) of soft tissues during the burning event - Chapters on bones and teeth give step-by-step recommendations for how to study and recognize burned hard tissues

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Yes, you can access The Analysis of Burned Human Remains by Christopher W. Schmidt,Steven A. Symes in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Orthopedics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Academic Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9780080559285
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Orthopedics

Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
  5. PREFACE
  6. Chapter 1: FIRE AND BODIES
  7. Chapter 2: PATTERNED THERMAL DESTRUCTION OF HUMAN REMAINS IN A FORENSIC SETTING
  8. Chapter 3: THE RECOVERY AND STUDY OF BURNED HUMAN TEETH
  9. Chapter 4: ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CREMAINS: GROSS AND CHEMICAL METHODS
  10. Chapter 5: THERMALLY INDUCED CHANGES IN THE STABLE CARBON AND NITROGEN ISOTOPE RATIOS OF CHARRED BONES
  11. Chapter 6: BONE COLOR AS AN INTERPRETIVE TOOL OF THE DEPOSITIONAL HISTORY OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL CREMAINS
  12. Chapter 7: TIME, TEMPERATURE, AND OXYGEN AVAILABILITY: AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF THE EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS ON THE COLOR AND ORGANIC CONTENT OF CREMATED BONE
  13. Chapter 8: HEAT-RELATED CHANGES IN TOOTH COLOR: TEMPERATURE VERSUS DURATION OF EXPOSURE
  14. Chapter 9: INVESTIGATIONS ON PRE-ROMAN AND ROMAN CREMATION REMAINS FROM SOUTHWESTERN GERMANY: RESULTS, POTENTIALITIES AND LIMITS
  15. Chapter 10: IN THE HEAT OF THE PYRE: EFFICIENCY OF OXIDATION IN ROMANO-BRITISH CREMATIONS – DID IT REALLY MATTER?
  16. Chapter 11: FIRE AS A CULTURAL TAPHONOMIC AGENT: UNDERSTANDING MORTUARY BEHAVIOR AT KHUZHIR-NUGE XIV, SIBERIA
  17. Chapter 12: PUTTING TOGETHER THE PIECES: RECONSTRUCTING MORTUARY PRACTICES FROM COMMINGLED OSSUARY CREMAINS
  18. Chapter 13: A TAPHONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN CREMAINS FROM THE FOX HOLLOW FARM SERIAL HOMICIDE SITE
  19. Chapter 14: EARLY ARCHAIC CREMATIONS FROM SOUTHERN INDIANA
  20. Chapter 15: TOWARDS AN ARCHAEOLOGY OF CREMATION
  21. INDEX