Liberally illustrated with photographs, maps, and other images, Advances in Forensic
Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives offers modern techniques for …

A truly interdisciplinary approach to this core subject within Forensic Science Combines
essential theory with practical crime scene work Includes case studies Applicable to all time …

The main goals in any forensic skeletal analysis are to answer who is the person
represented (individualization), how that person died (trauma/pathology) and when that …

The field of taphonomy was generally defined by Efremov in 1940 as the study of the
processes by which organic remains pass from the biosphere into the lithosphere as the …

Links have recently been established between the study of death assemblages by
archaeologists and paleontologists (taphonomy) and the application of physical …

Since work began on the first volume Forensic Taphonomy in 1993 (Haglund and Sorg,
1997a), traditional taphonomy and forensic research has undergone significant change …

Forensic taphonomy is an applied science with clear aims: Use the processes associated
with cadaver decomposition to estimate postmortem or postburial interval, determine cause …

A burial environment is a complex and dynamic system. It plays host to an abundance of
interdependent chemical, physical, and biological processes, which are greatly influenced …

Our evidence for the past, whether recent or distant, is constantly being diminished by the
unremitting processes of decay and destruction. The forces of destruction and deterioration …

Approximately 71% of the earth's surface is hydrosphere, ie, covered with water. More than
97% of the earth's water resides in oceans and saltwater seas. Of the remaining 3%, 2% is …