Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hunter, John
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2013.
Colección:New York Academy of Sciences Ser.
Temas:
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Series foreword
  • Preface and acknowledgements
  • The authors
  • About the companion website
  • 1 An introduction to buried remains
  • 1.1 Questions of time
  • 1.2 Questions of interpretation
  • 1.3 Forensic archaeology
  • 1.4 Legal issues and procedures
  • 1.5 Decay dynamic
  • 1.6 Search methods and adaptations
  • 1.7 Recovery methods and adaptation
  • 1.8 Mass graves
  • 2 Search theory and the landscape
  • 2.1 The theory
  • 2.2 Landscape mapping
  • 2.3 Remote sensing
  • 3 Search application
  • 3.1 Geophysical survey
  • 3.2 Cadaver dogs
  • 3.3 Mechanical excavation
  • 3.4 Bodies in aqueous environments
  • 4 Search design
  • 4.1 Search design
  • 4.1.1 Definition of search boundaries
  • 4.1.2 Recording and archiving
  • 4.1.3 Thoroughness
  • 4.2 Interrogating landscapes
  • 4.3 Balancing probabilities
  • 5 Longer-term 'no body' cases
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 History of cold case investigation
  • 5.3 Cultural changes to rural landscapes
  • 5.4 Natural changes to rural landscapes
  • 5.5 Planning controls and building controls
  • 5.6 Current planning arrangements
  • 5.7 Planning records
  • 5.8 Building records
  • 5.9 Special circumstances
  • 5.9.1 Archaeological investigation
  • 5.9.2 Listed buildings
  • 5.9.3 Ecclesiastical buildings
  • 5.9.4 Burial grounds
  • 5.10 Landfill sites and waste disposal
  • 6 Recovery, stratigraphy and destruction
  • 6.1 Stratigraphy
  • 6.1.1 Layers and contamination
  • 6.1.2 Fire scenes
  • 6.1.3 Formal exhumations
  • 6.2 The destructive process
  • 6.2.1 Documentation
  • 6.2.2 Planning and photography
  • Appendix: The forensic archaeologist's report (taken from Section 7 of the Standards and Guidance for Forensic Archaeologists)
  • 7 Recovery, sampling and dating
  • 7.1 Sieving
  • 7.2 Sampling and forensic ecology
  • 7.2.1 Entomology
  • 7.2.2 Palynology
  • 7.3 Essential taphonomics
  • 7.3.1 Natural modifications
  • 7.3.2 Anthropogenic modification
  • 7.4 Physical anthropology, recovery and surface scatters
  • 7.5 Dating
  • 7.5.1 Relative dating
  • 7.5.2 Absolute dating
  • 8 The investigation of multiple burials
  • 8.1 Diversity and challenges
  • 8.2 Developments
  • 8.3 Interrogating the evidence
  • 8.4 The aftermath of conflict
  • 8.5 Politics and Religion
  • 8.6 Archives for history
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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