Isotopic analysis can be a useful tool for forensic anthropologists when trying to identify
unknown persons. Specifically, oxygen, strontium, carbon and nitrogen from teeth, bone …

Positive identification of skeletonized human remains is a difficult task when dental records
and/or DNA are unavailable. Through archaeological research, strontium (Sr) isotope …

Recent forensic applications of stable isotope analysis (SIA) have demonstrated its value as
an investigative tool in the identification of unknown decedents. Stable isotope ratios …

Multi-isotopic approaches have been used effectively to help provide estimated geographic
origins for unidentified skeletal remains in cold case homicides and archaeological contexts …

Stable isotope analysis has been used by archaeologists and anthropologists to better
understand time, provenience, and diet of past humans, but the utility of stable isotope …

Isotope analysis has become an increasingly valuable tool in forensic anthropology
casework over the past decade. Modern-day isotopic investigations on human remains have …

This study is novel in that it is the first of its kind to compile a reference sample of isotopic
values associated with known natal regions to be utilized in forensic work. Stable isotopes of …

Isoscape refinement is an essential component for accurately predicting regionoforigin in
forensic investigations involving isotope analysis of unidentified human remains. Stable …

This chapter discusses the application of biogeochemical methods as an additional
component of the forensic tool kit, and it is suggested that those techniques should be used …

Recovery and identification of heavily burnt and fragmented skeletal remains pose
significant challenges in fire and arson investigations. The ability to identify individuals is …