Brief History of Forensic Anthropology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. ShirleyJoint POW/MIA Accounting Command/Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC/CIL) History; Thomas D. Holland and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Forensic Anthropology Today; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley Human Osteology; MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, and Natalie R. Shirley Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic Anthropology; Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley Crime Scene Methodology; Denise To Processing and Inventory of Remains; Lee Meadows JantzDetermining the Sex of Unknown Human Skeletal Remains; Gregory E. BergAge Estimation Methods; Natalie R. Shirley, Alice E. Fazlollah, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Age Estimation in Modern Forensic Anthropology; Bridget F.B. Algee-HewittWhy Do Forensic Anthropologists Estimate Ancestry; and Why Is It So Controversial? M. Katherine Spradley and Katherine Weisensee Stature Estimation; Natalie R. Shirley Introduction to Fordisc 3; Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley Low-Velocity Trauma; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. LanfearBasic Gunshot Trauma Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology; Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Taphonomy of Fire; Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. HerrmannTaphonomic Processes: Animal Scavenging; James T. Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-TarrantTime since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval; Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor Taphonomic Processes: Analysis of Fragmentary Remains;MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Methods of Personal Identification; Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. AndersonForensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach; Erin H. KimmerleForensic Anthropology in Mass Disasters; Paul S. SledzikIndex

Designed as a complete introductory textbook, this guide takes the reader through the various processes and methodologies which comprise forensic anthropology.