Bookedited by Eline M. Schotsmans, Dr. Nicholas Márquez-Grant, Professor Shari Forbes.
Contents:
Introduction
Part I General Post-Mortem Processes: Degradation of Soft Tissue, Bone and Associated Materials
1 Gross Post-Mortem Changes in the Human Body
2 Microscopic Post-Mortem Changes: the Chemistry of Decomposition
3 Profiling Volatile Organic Compounds of Decomposition
4 Blood Degradation and Bloodstain Age Estimation
5 DNA Degradation: Current Knowledge and Progress in DNA Analysis
6 Taphonomic Alterations to Hair and Nail
7 Taphonomy of Teeth
8 The Taphonomy of Natural Mummies
9 Degradation of Clothing in Depositional Environments
10 Post-Mortem Interval Estimation: an Overview of Techniques
Part II The Depositional Environment
11 Relationships between Human Remains, Graves and the Depositional Environment
12 Bacterial Symbionts and Taphonomic Agents of Humans
13 Forensic Entomology and Funerary Archaeoentomology
14 Forensic Botany and Stomach Contents Analysis: Established Practice and Innovation
15 The Effects of Weathering on Bone Preservation
16 The Effects of Terrestrial Mammalian Scavenging and Avian Scavenging on the Body
17 Decomposition in Aquatic Environments
18 Post-Mortem Differential Preservation and its Utility in Interpreting Forensic and Archaeological Mass Burials
19 Reconstructing the Original Arrangement, Organisation and Architecture of Burials in Archaeology
Part III Anti-, Peri- and Post-Mortem Modifications to the Body
20 Forensic Toxicology of Decomposed Human Remains
21 Thermal Alteration to the Body
22 Concealing the Crime: the Effects of Chemicals on Human Tissues
23 Distinguishing between Peri- and Post-Mortem Trauma on Bone
24 Collection Care and Management of Human Remains
Part IV Case Studies
25 The Use of Volatile Fatty Acid Biomarkers to Estimate the Post-Mortem Interval
26 A Taphonomic Study Based on Observations of 196 Exhumations and 23 Clandestine Burials
27 Case Studies on Taphonomic Variation between Cemetery Burials
28 Forensic Entomology Case Studies from Mexico
29 Recovery of Skeletonised Human Remains and Textile Degradation: a Case Study
30 Saponified Brains of the Spanish Civil War
31 Analysis and Interpretation of Burned Human Remains from a Homicide
32 A Soldier's Story: Forensic Anthropology and Blast Injury
33 Decomposition in an Unusual Environment: Body Sealed in Concrete
34 A Case Study from Los Angeles: Baby in Concrete
Part V Past, Present and Future Considerations
35 History and Development of the First Anthropology Research Facility, Knoxville, Tennessee
36 Crime Scene Investigation, Archaeology and Taphonomy: Reconstructing Activities at Crime Scenes.