1 Introduction Learning Objectives
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Exercise 1.1: Basic Instruments and Their Use
Exercise 1.2: Metric System and U.S. Measure
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2 Basics of Human Osteology and Odontology
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Basic Terms
Exercise 2.1: Bones and Features of the Skull
Exercise 2.2: Axial Skeleton and Thorax
Exercise 2.3: Appendicular Skeleton: Upper Limbs
Exercise 2.4: Appendicular Skeleton: Lower Limbs
Exercise 2.5: Human Odontology
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3 Establishing the Forensic Context
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Exercise 3.1: Distinguishing Bone versus Nonbone
Exercise 3.2: Distinguishing Human versus Nonhuman Remains
Exercise 3.3: Distinguishing Contemporary versus Noncontemporary Remains
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4 Recovery Scene Methods
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Exercise 4.1: Surface-Deposited Body (Outdoor)
Exercise 4.2: Interred Body (Outdoor)
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5 Estimating Time Since Death
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Exercise 5.1: Estimating Postmortem Interval Using Decomposition
Exercise 5.2: Estimating Postmortem Interval Using Animal Scavenging
Exercise 5.3: Estimating Postmortem Interval Using Deterioration of Clothing and Other Materials
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6 Initial Treatment and Examination
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Exercise 6.1: Reconstructing
Exercise 6.2: Sorting
Exercise 6.3: Reassembly
Exercise 6.4: Inventorying Remains
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7 Attribution of Ancestry
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Exercise 7.1: Attributing Ancestry Using Cranial Anthroposcopy
Exercise 7.2: Attributing Ancestry Using Cranial Metrics: Interorbital Indexes
Exercise 7.3: Attributing Ancestry Using Postcranial Anthroposcopy and Osteometry
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8 Attribution of Sex
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Exercise 8.1: Attributing Sex Using Pelvic Anthroposcopy
Exercise 8.2: Attributing Sex Using Pelvic Metrics: Ischium-Pubic Index
Exercise 8.3: Attributing Sex Using Cranial Anthroposcopy
Exercise 8.4: Attributing Sex Using Cranial Metrics: Discriminant Functions
Exercise 8.5: Attributing Sex Using Postcranial Metrics
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9 Estimation of Age at Death
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Subadults
Exercise 9.1: Estimating Age at Death (Subadults) Using Long Limb Bone Measurements
Exercise 9.2: Estimating Age at Death (Subadults) Using Union of Primary Ossification Centers
Exercise 9.3: Estimating Age at Death (Subadults) Using Tooth Formation and Eruption
Exercise 9.4: Estimating Age at Death (Subadults) Using Epiphyseal Union Adults
Exercise 9.5: Estimating Age at Death (Adults) Using Pubic Symphysis
Exercise 9.6: Estimating Age at Death (Adults) Using Auricular Surface
Exercise 9.7: Estimating Age at Death (Adults) Using Sternal Rib Ends
Exercise 9.8: Estimating Age at Death (Adults) Using Suture Closure
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10 Calculation of Stature
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Exercise 10.1: Calculating Stature Using Long Limb Bones
Exercise 10.2: Calculating Stature Using the Fully Method
Exercise 10.3: Calculating Stature Using Partial Long Limb Bones
Exercise 10.4: Adjustments to Stature Calculations
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11 Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton
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Exercise 11.1: Basics of Bone Trauma
Exercise 11.2: Forces Causing Trauma
Exercise 11.3: Types of Trauma
Exercise 11.4: Timing of Bone Injury
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12 Projectile Trauma
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Exercise 12.1: Analysis of Projectile Wounds
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13 Blunt Trauma
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Exercise 13.1: Analyzing Blunt Trauma to the Skull
Exercise 13.2: Analyzing Blunt Trauma to the Postcranial Bones
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14 Sharp Trauma and Strangulation
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Exercise 14.1: Analyzing Sharp Trauma
Exercise 14.2: Analyzing Strangulation
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15 Antemortem Skeletal Conditions
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Exercise 15.1: Analyzing Pathological Conditions
Exercise 15.2: Analyzing Skeletal Anomalies
Exercise 15.2: Analyzing Occupational Stress Markers
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16 Postmortem Changes to Bone
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Exercise 16.1: Analyzing Saw Marks
Exercise 16.2: Analyzing Other Postmortem Damage
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17 Additional Aspects of Individualization
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Exercise 17.1: Facial Reproduction
Exercise 17.2: Assessing Handedness
Exercise 17.3: Estimating Body Weight
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18 Identification Using Antemortem Records
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Exercise 18.1: Identification from Radiographs
Exercise 18.2: Identification from Frontal Sinus
Exercise 18.3: Identification from Dental Records
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19 Conclusion
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Exercise 19.1: Forensic Anthropology Report
Exercise 19.2: Expert Witness Testimony Evaluation
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References