Since the professionalization of US‐based forensic anthropology in the 1970s, ancestry
estimation has been included as a standard part of the biological profile, because …

This book provides comprehensive coverage of the methods and issues in the current
practice of forensic anthropology. It introduces students to all the major topics in the field …

Abstract In 1992, Norm Sauer called for a language shift in which practitioners would move
away from the socially loaded term “race” and replace it with the less provocative term …

Abstract The Scientific Analysis Directorate of the US Department of Defense's (DoD)
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) is a unique entity within the US Government …

The discipline of forensic anthropology has been critiqued for its lack of a theoretical basis.
In response, practitioners often assert that their analyses are implicitly grounded in …

One of the parameters forensic anthropologists have traditionally estimated is ancestry,
which is used in the United States as a proxy for social race. Its use is controversial because …

Using a sample of anonymized US forensic anthropology cases (n= 251) from the FADAMA
database, we assess the degree of concordance between decedents' social identifiers and …

Forensic Anthropology DOI: 10.5744/fa. 2020.0046 associated definitions within biological
(formerly physical) anthropology have been well documented (for thorough considerations …

Forensic anthropology is shifting to reflect on the impact of its practices within the criminal
justice context in important ways. Here, we contribute to this essential work by examining …

To understand the implications of the forensic anthropological practice of “ancestry”
estimation, we explore terminology that has been employed in forensic anthropological …