Forensic approaches to buried remains /
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| Author / Creator: | Hunter, John. |
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| Imprint: | Hoboken : Wiley, 2013. ©2013 |
| Description: | xvi, 259 pages, 8 pages of unnumbered plates ; 25 cm |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Essentials of forensic science Essentials of forensic science (Forensic Science Society) |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9795906 |
Table of Contents:
- List of figures
- Series foreword
- Preface and acknowledgements
- The authors
- About the companion website
- 1. An introduction to buried remains
- 1.1. Questions of time
- 1.2. Questions of interpretation
- 1.3. Forensic archaeology
- 1.4. Legal issues and procedures
- 1.5. Decay dynamic
- 1.6. Search methods and adaptations
- 1.7. Recovery methods and adaptation
- 1.8. Mass graves
- 2. Search theory and the landscape
- 2.1. The theory
- 2.2. Landscape mapping
- 2.3. Remote sensing
- 3. Search application
- 3.1. Geophysical survey
- 3.2. Cadaver dogs
- 3.3. Mechanical excavation
- 3.4. Bodies in aqueous environments
- 4. Search design
- 4.1. Search design
- 4.1.1. Definition of search boundaries
- 4.1.2. Recording and archiving
- 4.1.3. Thoroughness
- 4.2. Interrogating landscapes
- 4.3. Balancing probabilities
- 5. Longer-term 'no body' cases
- 5.1. Introduction
- 5.2. History of cold case investigation
- 5.3. Cultural changes to rural landscapes
- 5.4. Natural changes to rural landscapes
- 5.5. Planning controls and building controls
- 5.6. Current planning arrangements
- 5.7. Planning records
- 5.8. Building records
- 5.9. Special circumstances
- 5.9.1. Archaeological investigation
- 5.9.2. Listed buildings
- 5.9.3. Ecclesiastical buildings
- 5.9.4. Burial grounds
- 5.10. Landfill sites and waste disposal
- 6. Recovery, stratigraphy and destruction
- 6.1. Stratigraphy
- 6.1.1. Layers and contamination
- 6.1.2. Fire scenes
- 6.1.3. Formal exhumations
- 6.2. The destructive process
- 6.2.1. Documentation
- 6.2.2. Planning and photography
- Appendix: The forensic archaeologist's report (taken from Section 7 of the Standards and Guidance for Forensic Archaeologists)
- 7. Recovery, sampling and dating
- 7.1. Sieving
- 7.2. Sampling and forensic ecology
- 7.2.1. Entomology
- 7.2.2. Palynology
- 7.3. Essential taphonomics
- 7.3.1. Natural modifications
- 7.3.2. Anthropogenic modification
- 7.4. Physical anthropology, recovery and surface scatters
- 7.5. Dating
- 7.5.1. Relative dating
- 7.5.2. Absolute dating
- 8. The investigation of multiple burials
- 8.1. Diversity and challenges
- 8.2. Developments
- 8.3. Interrogating the evidence
- 8.4. The aftermath of conflict
- 8.5. Politics and Religion
- 8.6. Archives for history
- Bibliography
- Index
