Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains

by William D. Haglund

Book Overview

Links have recently been established between the study of death assemblages by archaeologists and paleontologists (taphonomy) and the application of physical anthropology concepts to the medicolegal investigation of death (forensic anthropology). Forensic Taphonomy explains these links in a broad-based, multidisciplinary volume. It applies taphonomic models in modern forensic contexts and uses forensic cases to extend taphonomic theories. Review articles,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849394341
• ISBN13: 9780849394348
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 668 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.3" x 10.3"