Study Guide and Additional Resources for Forensic Anthropology

202 Pages·2013·32.41 MB·English

Study Guide
& Additional Resources
for
Forensic Anthropology,

2013 Edition

ANT 2524
Indian River State College

James W. Lett, Ph.D.

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Study Guide and Additional Resources for Forensic Anthropology

Copyright © 2013 by James W. Lett, Ph.D.

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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

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UNIT I

THE PROFESSION OF
FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY

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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)

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