1st Edition

Forensic Archaeology, 4-vol. set

    1370 Pages 157 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Recent years have witnessed a surge of interest in the application of archaeological knowledge and methodology to medico-legal issues. Forensic Archaeology has rapidly emerged as a vital speciality. This new four-volume collection from Routledge, assembled and introduced by a transatlantic editorial team, brings together foundational and cutting-edge major works to enable users to make sense of a vast—and rapidly growing—corpus of scholarship.

    The gathered materials have been carefully selected to highlight the key issues and debates in the development and contemporary practice of Forensic Archaeology. It is certain to be welcomed as a vital one-stop research tool.

    Volume I: Context and History

    Part 1: Forensic Archaeology: Emergence of a Discipline

    1. D. Morse, D. Crusoe, and H. G. Smith, ‘Forensic Archaeology’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1976, 21, 2, 323–32.

    2. D. Morse, R. C. Dailey, J. Stoutamire, and J. Duncan, ‘Forensic Archaeology’, in T. A. Rathburn and J. E. Buikstra (eds.), Human Identification, Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Charles C. Thomas, 1984), pp. 53–63.

    3. B. Sigler-Eisenberg, ‘Forensic Research: Expanding the Concept of Applied Archaeology’, American Antiquity, 1985, 50, 3, 650–5.

    4. J. R. Hunter, ‘A Background to Forensic Archaeology’, in J. Hunter, C. Roberts and A. Martin (eds.), Studies in Crime: An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology (Routledge, 1997), pp. 7–23.

    Part 2: Archaeological and Forensic Concepts

    5. D. G. Jones and R. J. Harris, ‘Archaeological Human Remains: Scientific, Cultural and Ethical Considerations’, Current Anthropology, 1998, 39, 2, 253–64.

    6. W. D. Haglund, ‘Archaeology and Forensic Death Investigations’, Historical Archaeology, 2001, 35, 1, 26–34.

    7. D. C. Dirkmaat, ‘Documenting Context at the Outdoor Crime Scene: Why Bother?’, in D. C. Dirkmaat (ed.), A Companion to Forensic Anthropology (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2012), pp. 48–65.

    8. D. D. Scott and M. Connor, ‘Context Delicti: Archaeological Context in Forensic Work’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Forensic Taphonomy, The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains (CRC Press, 1997), pp. 27–38.

    9. J. R. Hunter, M. B. Brickley, J. Bourgeois, W. Bouts, L. Bourguignon, F. Hubrecht, J. de Winne, H. van Haaster, T. Hakbijl, H. de Jong, L. Smits, L. H. van Wijngaarden, and M. Luschen, ‘Forensic Archaeology, Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights in Europe’, Science and Justice, 2001, 41, 3, 173–8.

    10. M. Mikellide, ‘Burial Patterns During Times of Armed Conflict in Cyprus in the 1960s and 1970s’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2014, 59, 5, 1184–90.

    11. K. Oakley, ‘Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology: An Australian Perspective’, Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2005, 1, 3, 169–72.

    Volume II: Search and Recovery

    Part 3: Search Techniques

    12. D. L. France, T. J. Griffin, J. G. Swanburg, J. W. Lindemann, G. C. Davenport, V. Trammell, C. T. Armbrust, B. Kondratieff, A. Nelson, K. Castellano, and D. Hopkins, ‘A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Detection of Clandestine Graves’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1992, 37, 6, 1435–58.

    13. S. C. Buck, ‘Searching for Graves Using Geophysical Technology: Field Tests with Ground Penetrating Radar, Magnetrometry, and Electrical Resistivity’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2003, 48, 1, 5–11.

    14. J. J. Schultz, ‘Using Ground-Penetrating Radar to Locate Clandestine Graves of Homicide Victims: Forming Forensic Archaeology Partnerships with Law Enforcement’, Homicide Studies, 2007, 11, 1, 15–29.

    15. L. B. Conyers, ‘Ground-Penetrating Radar Techniques to Discover and Map Historic Graves’, Historical Archaeology, 2006, 40, 3, 64–73.

    16. G. C. Davenport, ‘Remote Sensing Applications in Forensic Investigations’, Historical Archaeology, 2001, 35, 1, 87–100.

    17. R. S. Freeland, M. L. Miller, R. E. Yoder, and S. K. Koppenjan, ‘Forensic Application of FM-CW and Pulse Radar’, Journal of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, 2003, 8, 97–103.

    Part 4: Recovery and Documentation

    18. W. Bass and W.H. Birkby, ‘Exhumation: The Method Could Make the Difference’, FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, 1978, 47, 7, 6–11.

    19. M. J. Cox, ‘Crime Scene Archaeology is One of the Most Frightening Areas of Archaeology in Which to Practice’, The Field Archaeologist, 1995, 23, 14–16.

    20. H. Tuller and M. Duric, ‘Keeping the Pieces Together: Comparison of Mass Grave Excavation Methodology’, Forensic Science International, 2006, 156, 192–200.

    21. M. Skinner, ‘Planning the Archaeological Recovery of Evidence from Recent Mass Graves’, Forensic Science International, 1987, 34, 267–87.

    22. D. H. R. Spennemann and B. Franke, ‘Archaeological Techniques for Exhumations: A Unique Data Source for Crime Scene Investigations’, Forensic Science International, 1995, 74, 1–2, 5–15.

    23. S. I. Fairgrieve, ‘Scene Recovery’, Forensic Cremation: Recovery and Analysis (CRC Press, 2007), pp. 61–90.

    24. P. N. Cheetham and I. Hanson, ‘Excavation and Recovery in Forensic Archaeological Investigations’, in S. Blau and D. H. Ubelaker (eds.), Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (Left Coast Press, 2009), pp. 141–9.

    25. S. Donnelly, M. Hedley, T. Loveless, R. Manning, A. Perman, and R. Wessling, ‘Scene of Crime Examination’, in M. Cox, A. Flavel, I. Hanson, J. Laver, and R. Wessling (eds.), The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 148–82.

    26. R. E. Johnson and P. Steur, ‘Underwater Crime Scene Investigation’, in D. Morse, J. Duncan and J. Stoutamire (eds.), Handbook of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology (Florida State University Foundation Inc., 1983), pp. 48–73.

    27. D. H. Ubelaker, ‘Skeletal Recovery’, Human Skeletal Remains: Excavation, Analysis, Interpretation (Taraxacum, 1999), pp. 3–43.

    28. J. R. Hunter and S. Dockrill, ‘Recovering Buried Remains’, in J. Hunter, C. Roberts, and A. Martin (eds.), Studies in Crime: An Introduction to Forensic Archaeology (Routledge, 1997), pp. 40–57.

    Volume III: General Considerations: Taphonomy, Ethics, and Protocols

    Part 5: Taphonomy

    29. C. M. Nielsen-Marsh and R. E. M. Hedges, ‘Patterns of Diagenesis in Bone I: The Effects of Site Environments’, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2000, 27, 1139-1150.

    30. E. A. Carson, V. H. Stefan and J. F. Powell, ‘Skeletal Manifestations of Bear Scavenging’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2000, 45, 3, 515–26.

    Part 6: Ethics

    31. E. D. Williams, and J. D. Crews, ‘From Dust to Dust: Ethical and Practical Issues Involved in the Location, Exhumation, and Identification of Bodies from Mass Graves’, Croatian Medical Journal, 2003, 44, 3, 251–8.

    Part 7: Protocols and Guidelines

    32. M. Skinner and J. Sterenberg, ‘Turf Wars: Authority and Responsibility for the Investigation of Mass Graves’, Forensic Science International, 2005, 151, 221–32.

    33. E. Jessee and M. Skinner, ‘A Typology of Mass Grave and Mass-Grave Related Sites’, Forensic Science International, 2005, 152, 1, 55–9.

    34. M. Skinner, D. Alempijevic, and M. Djuric-Srejic, ‘Guidelines for International Forensic Bio-archaeology Monitors of Mass Grave Exhumations’, Forensic Science International, 2003, 134, 2–3, 81–92.

    35. H. H. Tuller, ‘Mass Graves and Human Rights: Latest Developments, Methods and Lessons Learned’, in D. C. Dirkmaat (ed.), A Companion to Forensic Anthropology (Blackwell Publishing, 2012), pp. 157–74.

    36. A. Anderson, M. Cox, A. Flavel, I. Hanson, M. Hedley, J. Laver, A. Perman, M. Viner, and R. Wright, ‘Protocols for the Investigation of Mass Graves’, in M. Cox, A. Flavel, I. Hanson, J. Laver, and R. Wessling (eds.), The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 39–105.

    37. A. Anderson, I. Hanson, D. Schofield, H. Scholtz, J. Vellema, and M. Viner, ‘Health and Safety’, in M. Cox, A. Flavel, I. Hanson, J. Laver, and R. Wessling (eds.), The Scientific Investigation of Mass Graves: Towards Protocols and Standard Operating Procedures (Cambridge University Press, 2008), pp. 109–47.

    Volume IV: Application

    Part 8: Contextual Diversity in Forensic Work

    38. L. M. Hoshower, ‘Forensic Archaeology and the Need for Flexible Excavation Strategies: A Case Study’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1998, 43, 1, 53–6.

    39. M. Cox and L. S. Bell, ‘Recovery of Human Skeletal Elements from a Recent UK Murder Inquiry: Preservational Signatures’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1999, 44, 5, 945–50.

    40. D. C. Nobes, ‘The Search for "Yvonne": A Case Example of the Delineation of a Grave Using Near-Surface Geophysical Methods’, Journal Forensic Sciences, 2000, 45, 3, 715–21.

    41. D. M. Glassman, ‘Love Lost and Gone Forever’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology, 2nd edn. (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 113–21.

    42. D. Wolfe Steadman, W. Basler, M. J. Hochrein, D. F. Klein, and J. C. Goodin, ‘Domestic Homicide Investigations: An Example from the United States’, in S. Blau and D. H. Ubelaker (eds.), Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (Left Coast Press, 2009), pp. 351–62.

    43. M. J. Hochrein, ‘An Autopsy of the Grave: Recognizing, Collecting, and Preserving Forensic Geotaphonomic Evidence’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives (CRC Press, 2002), pp. 46–70.

    44. S. T. Brooks and R. H. Brooks, ‘Problems of Burial Exhumation, Historical and Forensic Aspects’, in T. A. Rathburn and J. E. Buikstra (eds.), Human Identification, Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Charles C. Thomas, 1984), pp. 64–86.

    45. D. C. Dirkmaat and J. M. Adovasio, ‘The Role of Archaeology in the Recovery and Interpretation of Human Remains from an Outdoor Forensic Setting’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Forensic Taphonomy, The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains (CRC Press, 1997), pp. 39–64.

    46. R. W. Mann, B. E. Anderson, T. D. Holland, and J. E. Webb Jr, ‘Unusual "Crime" Scenes: The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Recovering and Identifying American MIAs’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 133–40.

    47. N. J. Sauer, W. A. Lovis, M. E. Blumer, and J. Fillion, ‘The Contributions of Archaeology and Physical Anthropology to the John McRae Case: A Trial and a Retrial’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 122–32.

    48. J. T. Pokines, ‘Forensic Recoveries of the U.S. War Dead and the Effects of Taphonomy and the Other Site-Altering Processes’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 141–53.

    49. P. S. Sledzik and A. W. Willcox, ‘Corpi Aquaticus: The Hardin Cemetery Flood of 1993’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 280–8.

    50. D. H. Ubelaker, D. W. Owsley, M. M. Houck, E. Craig, W. Grant, T. Woltanski, R. Fram, K. Sandness, and N. Peerwani, ‘The Role of Forensic Anthropology in the Recovery and Analysis of Branch Davidian Compound Victims: Recovery Procedures and Characteristics of the Victims’, Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1995, 40, 3, 335–40.

    51. D. H. Ubelaker and K. M. Montaperto, ‘Recovery and Analysis of Human Remains from Aquatic Contexts’, in ‘Guidelines for Marine Forensic Investigations’, The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Technical and Research Bulletin, 2012, 8, 1, 1–11.

    52. J. Hunter and M. Cox, ‘The Recovery of Forensic Evidence from Individual Graves: Case Studies 14–29’, Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2005), pp. 96–136.

    53. J. Hunter and M. Cox, ‘Search and Location: Case Studies 1–13’, Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice (Routledge, 2005), pp. 27–61.

    Part 9: Mass Fatalities and Human-Rights Violations

    54. E. Stover, W. D. Haglund and M. Samuels, ‘Exhumation of Mass Graves in Iraq: Considerations for Forensic Investigations, Humanitarian Needs, and the Demands of Justice’, Journal of the American Medical Association, 2003, 290, 5, 663–6.

    55. R. Wright, ‘Uncovering Genocide. War Crimes: The Archaeological Evidence’, International Network on Holocaust and Genocide, 1996, 11, 3, 8–11.

    56. S. Blau and M. F. Skinner, ‘The Use of Forensic Archaeology in the Investigation of Human Rights Abuse: Unearthing the Past in East Timor’, The International Journal of Human Rights, 2005, 9, 4, 449–63.

    57. C. Perera and C. Briggs, ‘Guidelines for the Effective Conduct of Mass Burials Following Mass Disasters: Post-Asian Tsunami Disaster Experience in Retrospect’, Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 2008, 4, 1, 1–8.

    58. C. A. Briggs and A. M. Buck, ‘The Role of the Anthropologist in Disaster Victim Identification: The Bali Incidents of 2002 and 2004’, in S. Blau and D. H. Ubelaker (eds.), Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (Left Coast Press, 2009), pp. 407–15.

    59. J. Sterenberg, ‘Dealing with the Remains of Conflict: An International Response to Crimes Against Humanity, Forensic Recovery, Identification, and Repatriation in the Former Yugoslavia’, in S. Blau and D. H. Ubelaker (eds.), Handbook of Forensic Anthropology and Archaeology (Left Coast Press, 2009), pp. 416–25.

    60. S. Schmitt, ‘Mass Graves and the Collection of Forensic Evidence: Genocide, War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives (CRC Press, 2002), pp. 277–92.

    61. M. F. Skinner, H. P. York, and M. A. Connor, ‘Postburial Disturbance of Graves in Bosnia-Herzegovina’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives (CRC Press, 2002), pp. 292–308.

    62. P. S. Sledzik and W. C. Rodriguez III, ‘Damnum Fatale: The Taphonomic Fate of Human Remains in Mass Disasters’, in W. D. Haglund and M. H. Sorg (eds.), Advances in Forensic Taphonomy: Method, Theory, and Archaeological Perspectives (CRC Press, 2002), pp. 322–30.

    63. P. D. Emanovsky and W. R. Belcher, ‘The Many Hats of a Recovery Leader: Perspectives on Planning and Executing Worldwide Forensic Investigations and Recoveries at the JPAC Central Identification Laboratory’, in D. C. Dirkmaat (ed.), A Companion to Forensic Anthropology (Blackwell Publishing, 2012), pp. 567–92.

    64. P. S. Sledzik, ‘Forensic Anthropology in Mass Disasters’, in M. T. A. Tersigni-Tarrant and N. R. Shirley (eds.), Forensic Anthropology: An Introduction (CRC Press, 2013), pp. 439–50.

    65. P. S. Sledzik, D. C. Dirkmaat, R. W. Mann, T. D. Holland, A. Zelson Mundorff, B. J. Adams, C. M. Crowder, and F. DePaolo, ‘Disaster Victim Recovery and Identification: Forensic Anthropology in the Aftermath of September 11’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 289–302.

    66. M. Doretti and C. C. Snow, ‘Forensic Anthropology and Human Rights: The Argentine Experience’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 303–20.

    67. D. Olmo, A. Ginarte, C. Bisso, M. Salado Puerto, and L. Fondebrider, ‘A Mass Grave in Argentina: The San Vicente Cemetery in Córdoba’, in D. Wolfe Steadman (ed.), Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (Prentice Hall, 2009), pp. 321–31.

    68. M. Tidball-Binz, ‘Global Forensic Science and the Search for the Dead and Missing from Armed Conflict: The Perspective of the International Committee of the Red Cross’, D. H. Ubelaker (ed.), Forensic Science: Current Issues, Future Directions (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013), pp. 337–65.

    69. W. D. Haglund, M. Connor, and D. D. Scott, ‘The Archaeology of Contemporary Mass Graves’, Historical Archaeology, 2001, 35, 1, 57–69.