TY - BOOK ID - 78625769 TI - Manual of forensic taphonomy AU - Pokines, James T. AU - Symes, Steve A. AU - Symes, Steven A. AU - Pokines, J. T. PY - 2014 SN - 9781439878415 1439878412 1439878439 9781439878439 PB - Boca Raton CRC Press DB - UniCat KW - Forensic taphonomy KW - Postmortem changes KW - Crime scene searches KW - Forensic Anthropology KW - Postmortem Changes KW - Environment KW - Environmental Impact KW - Environmental Impacts KW - Impact, Environmental KW - Impacts, Environmental KW - Environments KW - Environmental Health KW - Adipocere KW - Algor Mortis KW - Cruor KW - Livor Mortis KW - Change, Postmortem KW - Changes, Postmortem KW - Postmortem Change KW - Exhumation KW - Crime scene investigations KW - Searches of crime scenes KW - Criminal investigation KW - Change, Postmortem KW - Change after death KW - Changes, Postmortem KW - Changes after death KW - Post-mortem changes KW - Death (Biology) KW - Decomposition (Chemistry) KW - Medical jurisprudence KW - Taphonomy KW - methods UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78625769 AB - "Forensic taphonomy is the study of the postmortem changes to human remains, focusing largely on environmental effects - including decomposition in soil and water and interaction with plants, insects, and other animals. While other books have focused on subsets such as forensic botany and entomology, Manual of Forensic Taphonomy is the first update of the entire domain in more than ten years and the first book to consider distinguishing among multiple types of taphonomic changes. Edited by two of the most distinguished experts in the field, this volume examines taphonomic alterations to bone and related taphonomic processes common to cases of forensic interest ... The ability to recognize taphonomic characteristics and discriminate between osseous alterations with similar appearances but dissimilar origins is essential to those engaged in the analysis of skeletal remains. This volume is an ideal guide for students and non-specialists as well as a reference manual for professionals."--Back cover. ER -