Study Guide & Additional Resources for Forensic Anthropology, 2013 Edition ANT 2524 Indian River State College James W. Lett, Ph.D. 1 Study Guide and Additional Resources for Forensic Anthropology Copyright © 2013 by James W. Lett, Ph.D. 2 CONTENTS UNIT I: THE PROFESSION OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY . . 5 Chapter 1: The Field of Forensic Anthropology . . . . 7 Chapter 2: Recovery & Laboratory Procedures . . . . 21 Chapter 3: Professional Standards & Historic Cases . . . . 45 Chapter 4: Disasters, Human Rights, & POW/MIA Recovery . . 55 UNIT II: FUNDAMENTALS OF HUMAN OSTEOLOGY . . . 65 Chapter 5: Overview of the Skeleton . . . . . 67 Chapter 6: The Skull & Teeth . . . . . . 79 Chapter 7: The Thorax, Vertebral Column, & Pelvis . . . 103 Chapter 8: The Arm, Hand, Leg, & Foot . . . . . 115 UNIT III: THE PRACTICE OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY . . 137 Chapter 9: Determination of Sex . . . . . . 139 Chapter 10: Estimation of Age at Death . . . . . 153 Chapter 11: Estimation of Ancestry . . . . . . 179 Chapter 12: Trauma Analysis, Taphonomy, & Time since Death . . 191 3 4 UNIT I THE PROFESSION OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY 5 6 Chapter 1 The Field of Forensic Anthropology The questions for this quiz will be taken directly from the list of questions that appears below. The answers to the questions can be found in the assigned readings for this topic (i.e., Chapters 1 & 12 of Forensic Anthropology Training Manual and Chapters 1 & 2 of Dead Men Do Tell Tales), the film that accompanies this topic (i.e., Forensic Anthropology at the Body Farm), and/or the following websites: American Board of Forensic Anthropology (the URL for the ABFA is http://www.theabfa.org/index.html) C.A. Pound Human Identification Laboratory (the URL for the Pound Lab is http://www.anthro.ufl.edu/capoundlab.shtml) American Academy of Forensic Sciences (the URL for the AAFS is http://www.aafs.org/) Forensic Anthropology Center at the University of Tennessee (the URL for the Forensic Anthropology Center at UT is http://web.utk.edu/~fac/) Classroom Presentation (PowerPoint Slides) 7 8 9 10
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