The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

An essential reference for both forensic experts and non-experts alike, Forensic Recovery of
Human Remains: Archaeological Approaches is a comprehensive guide that focuses on the …

An introduction to the range of factors that affect the composition and condition of human
bone assemblages recovered from archaeological contexts, with discussion of the …

At present, there is no accepted standardised lexicon in English to describe burials and the
position of buried human remains. Terms have tended to vary with the investigator and rely …

Because forensic anthropologists and pathologists can be confronted in their professional
practices with bodies or mortal remains in different states of preservation and/or decay, it is …

Unser Dank gilt zunächst ganz besonders Frau Stefanie Wolf und ihrem Team vom Springer-
Verlag, die uns die Möglichkeit eröffnet haben, dieses Buch zu verfassen. Es ist unser …

The burial environment of remains, deposited in direct contact with soil or (starting) within a
coffin, brings about multiple, often distinctive, taphonomic effects that can be used to …

The study of bioarchaeological evidence associated with burials is essential for achieving a
global perspective on cremation as a funerary practice, its chronological and geographical …

Recent excavations in the Rising Star Cave System of South Africa have revealed burials of
the extinct hominin species Homo naledi. A combination of geological and anatomical …

The detection of human remains that have been deliberately buried to escape detection is a
problem for law enforcement. Sometimes the cadaver dog and handler teams are …