The Routledge Handbook of Forensic Anthropology

Part I. Foundations and History of Forensic Anthropology

1. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology - Marin A. Pilloud and Nicholas V. Passalacqua

2. A History of Forensic Anthropology - Katherine E. Kolpan

3. Standardization of Qualifications and Professionalism for Forensic Anthropology Practitioners - Donna C. Boyd

4. Forensic Anthropology and Evolutionary Theory - An-Di Yim, Allysha Winburn, Michala Stock

5. Forensic Anthropology and the American Board of Forensic Anthropology - Heather M. Garvin, Erin B. Waxenbaum, Wendy E.P. McQuade, MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, Deborrah C. Pinto, Denise To, Natalie R. Langley

6. Forensic Anthropology within the Medical Examiner/Coroner System - Andrew Seidel

7. Forensic Anthropology and the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency - Laura Cirillo, Brittany S. Walter, Kristen Grow, Emily K. Wilson

8. Forensic Bioarchaeology - Megan van den Berg

9. Forensic Anthropology and Expert Witness Testimony in the United States - Kate M. Lesciotto

10. Overview of Human Skeletal Collections - Christine Bailey, Alysha Lieurance

11. Quality Assurance Planning for the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory - Vincent Sava

12. Training in Forensic Anthropology - Christine Pink

Part II. Forensic Archaeology

13. Forensic Archaeology, Forensic Taphonomy, and Outdoor Crime Scene Reconstruction - Dennis C. Dirkmaat, Luis L. Cabo, Anrea Zurek-Ost

14. Best Practices for Employing Photogrammetry to Document Scenes Involving Skeletal Remains on the Ground Surface - Morgan J. Ferrell, Caroline C. Jasiak, John J. Schultz

Part III. Laboratory Analyses

15. Subadult Sex Estimation and OnSEt: The Ontogenetic Subadult Sex Estimation System - Stephanie J. Cole

16. Adult Sex Estimation - Kaleigh C. Best, Kate M. Lesciotto

17. Subadult Age Estimation - Valerie Sgheiza, An-Di Yim

18. Skeletal and Dental Methods for Adult Age Estimation - Allyson M. Simon, Conner I. Gayagoy, Mark Hubbe

19. Stature Estimation - Rebecca J. Taylor

20. Estimating Population Affinity and Ancestry in Forensic Anthropology: An Overview - Joseph T. Hefner, Laura Cirillo, Rhian Dunn, Savannah Holcombe, Amelia Konda, Holly Long, Alexis VanBaarle

21. Commingled Skeletal Remains: Resolution Efforts from the Field to the Laboratory - Andrea Palmiotto, Heli Maijanen

22. The Importance of the Biological Profile from the Vantage Point of Accuracy, Potential Harm, and Relevance in the Current Age - Chelsey Juarez, An-Di Yim, Cris Hughes

Part IV. Identification

23. Methods of Personal Identification in Forensic Anthropology - Marin A. Pilloud, Timothy P. Gocha, Carolyn V. Isaac, Jennifer F. Byrnes

24. The Use of Stable Isotope Analysis for Geolocation in Forensic Anthropology - Lesley A. Chesson, Gregory E. Berg, Michael W. Kenyhercz, Michael P. Richards

25. Addressing Identification Hypotheses Utilizing Genetic Technologies - Krista E. Latham, Nicole R. Clayton, Lillian T. Bucher

26. The Use of Computed Tomography in Positive Identification - Timothy P. Gocha, Angela K. Berg, Carlos J. Zambrano, Sara M. Getz

Part V. Trauma

27. A Practical Guide to the Identification and Interpretation of Sharp Force Trauma in Bone - Erin N. Chapman, Christopher W. Rainwater

28. Blunt Trauma and Fractography - Mari Isa

29. High Velocity Projectile Trauma - Rachael McCrary, Nicholas V. Passalacqua

Part VI. Taphonomy

30. The Taphonomy of Burned Human Remains - Elayne Pope, Alison Galloway, Chelsey Juarez

31. Current Perspective on Postmortem Interval Estimation in Forensic Anthropology - Madeline M. Atwell, Katherine E. Weisensee

32. Taphonomic Effects Encountered in Forensic Anthropology Cases: Burial, Terrestrial Surface, and Marine Environments - James Pokines, Jade S. De La Paz

33. Modern Forensic Significance Assessments: A Cautionary Tale from the Oklahoma Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Forensic Anthropology Division - Sara M. Getz, Carlos J. Zambrano, Angela K. Berg, Timothy P. Gocha

Part VII. Forensic Anthropology as a Humanitarian Discipline

34. Death Investigation and Medicolgeal Systems in the United States: How Forensic Anthropology Fits into the Broader Medicolegal Death Investigation System - MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, Lindsay Trammell, Nicole L. Healy

35. Ethical Practice in Forensic Anthropology - Nicolas V. Passalacqua, Marin A. Pilloud, Derek Congram

36. Advocacy, Activism, and Forensic Anthropology as Engaged Anthropology - Sadie Friend, Taylor Lambrigger, Nicholas V. Passalacqua

37. Vicarious Trauma and Forensic Anthropology - Justin Z. Goldstein, Helen S. Alesbury

38. Sociocultural Anthropology and Forensic Anthropology - Robin C. Reineke

39. The Role of NamUs in Forensic Anthropology - Katharine C. Pope, Lori E. Bruski, Heather E. McKiernan

Part VIII. Global Approaches to Forensic Anthropology

40. The International Committee of the Red Cross's Forensic Unit and Humanitarian Forensic Anthropology - Kelly R. Kamnikar, Popi Chrysostomou, Derek C. Benedix, Jane A. Taylor, Pierre Guyomarc'h

41. The Mandate of the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) - Sandra Sostaric, Nicole Lambacher

42. The Application of Forensic Anthropology in the Identification Process of Missing Persons from a Post-Conflict Context: The Humanitarian Project of the Committee on Missing Persons in Cyprus - Theodora Eleftheriou, Alexandra Mouski, Aikaterini Papaioannou

43. FASE: Shaping the Past, Present, and Future of Forensic Anthropology in Europe - Eugenia Cunha, Eric Baccino, Cristina Cattaneo, Pascal Adalian

44. Current Status of Forensic Anthropology in the UK - Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Julie Roberts, Sarah Ellingham, Rachael Carew, Amber Collinbs, Halen Langstaff, Satu Valoriani, Micol Zuppello

45. Forensic Anthropology in Latin America: A Critical Reassessment of its Current Epistemological Boundaries - Roberto C. Parra, Douglas H. Ubelaker, Luis Fondebrider, Gonzalo Garizoain, Claudia Aranda, Digna M. Vigo-Corea, Lucio A. Condori, Joe Adserias-Garriga, José Augusto Saravia Yataco, Albertina Ortega-Palma, Adán Hernández, Georgina Pacheco, Daniel Castellanos, Paulo Miamoto, Melina Calmon, Daniela Fernandoy, Ivana Wolff, Fredy Peccerelli, Claudia Rivera, Jose Pablo Baraybar, Eric Bartelink, Stephany Damarys Miraval Choque, Leandro Luna

Biography

Nicholas V. Passalacqua is Associate Professor and Director of the Forensic Anthropology Laboratory at The Ohio State University. He is the current editor of Forensic Anthropology and has served as vice president of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, Chair of the Anthropology Consensus Body of the American Academy of Forensic Science Standards Board, and the co-Chair of the Anthropology Subcommittee of the Organization of Scientific Area Committees.

Marin A. Pilloud is Professor in the anthropology department at the University of Nevada, Reno. She has served on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, as president of the Dental Anthropology Association, and chair of the anthropology section of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.