UID:
almafu_9960011167402883
Format:
1 online resource (445 pages)
Edition:
2nd ed.
ISBN:
9780128005217
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0128005211
Content:
The Analysis of Burned Human Remains, Second Edition, provides a primary source for osteologists and the medical/legal community for the understanding of burned bone remains in forensic or archaeological contexts. It describes in detail the changes in human bone and soft tissues as a body burns at both the chemical and gross levels and provides an overview of the current procedures in burned bone study. Case studies in forensic and archaeological settings aid those interested in the analysis of burned human bodies, from death scene investigators to biological anthropologists.A comprehensive and updated reference for osteologists and the medico-legal community charged with analyzing burned human remains from forensic and archaeological contextsDescribes, in detail, the changes in human bone and soft tissues as a body burnsIdeal title for those researching cremation, osteology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, skeletal biology, and taphonomyIncludes case studies in forensics and archaeological settings to aid those interested in the analysis of burned human bodies.
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Fire and bodies /
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Patterned thermal destruction in a forensic setting /
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Burned human teeth /
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Analysis of human cremains /
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Thermally induced changes /
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Bone colour /
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Heat-related changes in tooth color /
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Herculaneum /
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Investigations on pre-roman and roman cremation remains /
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In the heat of the pyre /
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Fire as a cultural taphonomic agent /
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Putting together the pieces: reconstructing mortuary practices from commingled ossuary cremains /
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A Taphonomic analysis of human cremains from the Fox Hollow Farm serial homicide site /
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Early archaic cremations from Southern Indiana /
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Towards an archaeology of cremation /
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An 11,500-year-old human cremation from Eastern Beringia (Central Alaska) /
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Italian iron age cremations /
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The Analysis of heat-induced crystallinity change in bone /
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Death and community identity in the trincheras cremation cemetery, Sonoro, Mexico /
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Formation times in thermally altered enamel /
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Influence of heating regimes on dimensional and colorimetric changes of teeth /
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The Use of ethnographic information in cremation studies: a Southeast Asian example /
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Bone color changes in a burned burial structure from early bronze age Bab adh-Dhra{u2019}, Jordan /
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780128004517
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0128004517
Language:
English
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