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Forensic Taphonomy and Ecology of North American Scavengers compiles research on vertebrate scavenging behavior from numerous academic fields, including ecology and forensic anthropology. Scavenging behavior can displace remains from their depositional context, confound postmortem interval estimation, destroy osteological markers, and inflict damage that mimics or disguises perimortem trauma. Consequently, the actions of vertebrate scavengers can significantly impact the medicolegal investigation of human remains. It is therefore critical when interpreting a death scene and its associated evidence that scavenging be recognized and the possible effects of scavenging behavior considered. This book is an ideal reference for both students and medicolegal professionals, serving as a field manual for the identification of common scavenging species known to modify human remains in North America. In addition, this book presents a framework to guide investigators in optimizing their approach to scavenged cases, promoting more complete recovery of human remains and the accuracy of forensic reconstructions of peri- and postmortem events.--

Forensic taphonomy. --- Scavengers (Zoology) --- Medical jurisprudence --- Taphonomy

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Forensic taphonomy. --- Postmortem changes. --- Animal carcasses --- Forensic entomology. --- Biodegradation.

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Forensic taphonomy --- Forensic taphonomy. --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Restes humains (Archéologie) --- Archéologie --- Methodology --- Méthodologie --- Medical jurisprudence --- Taphonomy

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Links have recently been established between the study of death assemblages by archaeologists and paleontologists (taphonomy) and the application of physical anthropology concepts to the medicolegal investigation of death (forensic anthropology). Forensic Taphonomy explains these links in a broad-based, multidisciplinary volume. It applies taphonomic models in modern forensic contexts and uses forensic cases to extend taphonomic theories. Review articles, case reports, and chapters on methodology round out this book's unique approach to forensic science.

Forensic anthropology. --- Forensic taphonomy. --- Human decomposition. --- Forensic botany. --- Forensic entomology. --- Forensic genetics. --- Forensic pathology. --- Forensic sciences --- Anthropometry. --- Dead --- Anthropologie --- Restes humains (archéologie) --- Taphonomie légale --- Taphonomie --- Methods. --- Identification.