TY - BOOK ID - 8576853 TI - Human body decomposition AU - Hayman, Jarvis AU - Oxenham, Marc PY - 2016 SN - 012803713X 0128036915 PB - Amsterdam, [Netherlands] : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Human decomposition. KW - Forensic anthropology. KW - Anthropology, Forensic KW - Medicolegal anthropology KW - Forensic sciences KW - Physical anthropology KW - Dead KW - Human beings KW - Human body KW - Biodegradation KW - Postmortem changes KW - Anthropology UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8576853 AB - "The fate of the human body after death is a subject that has fascinated enquirers, both in the scientific and legal realms for millennia. However, objective research into the causes and nature of human decomposition has only taken place in the last two centuries, with quantitative measurement of the process as a means of estimating the time of death has only recently being attempted. The substantial literature concerning this research has been published in numerous scientific journals since the beginning of the nineteenth century. Human Body Decomposition expands on the current literature to include the evolving research on estimating time of death. This volume details the process of decomposition to include the early period after death when the body cools to ambient temperature, and when the body begins to putrefy. This process is significant because the estimation of the time of death becomes increasingly more difficult when the body begins to putrefy."-- ER -