The primary role of the crime scene investigator is to attempt to collect all of the available
evidence at the scene (Fisher et al. 1987). In cases where the death is recent, this is often …

Increasing interest in forensic anthropology has stimulated a number of individuals to
expand the field's original focus (Iscan, 1988) to include such matters as time since death …

Medicolegal death investigation requires a multidisciplinary approach to the collection of
data from the crime scene to the autopsy table. Law enforcement processing of the indoor …

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 …

After death, a body, whether human or animal, goes through many rapid changes, the most
noticeable of which is the decomposition of the soft tissue. Decomposition is driven by many …

Taphonomy is the science of postmortem processes, and forensic taphonomy brings that
science to bear on solving forensic problems. In fact, taphonomy science potentially …

This chapter defines the term 'taphonomy'and summarizes the history of the study as
pursued in various disciplines. Intrinsic and extrinsic variables that affect preservation of …

Forensic taphonomy is a rapidly developing field within forensic anthropology and forensic
archeology. Research in forensic taphonomy encompasses refining estimates of time since …

The following overview of forensic taphonomy introduces the scope and utility of this rapidly
growing field. A short introduction is given to contributions of method and theory. This is …

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