Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates the murder of a 9-year-old girl, who was caught in the crossfire of a war between two rival Montreal motorcycle gangs. As she immerses herself in biker culture, Temperance finds eerie connections to other murders that occurred long ago.
William Maples was a groundbreaking criminal anthropologist. From a skeleton, a skull, or a mere fragment of bone, he could deduce the age and sex of a corpse and the manner in which the victim met its death. Numerous brutal and vicious murders were solved through his skill in reading the bones of the dead. "Dead Men Do Tell Tales" reveals the ...
A pioneer in forensic anthropology, Bass created the Body Farm, which has helped police crack cold cases and pinpoint times of death. In this riveting book, the bone sleuth explores the rise of modern forensic science, using fascinating cases from his career to take readers into the real world of C.S.I.
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan is hired by a government official to reconstruct the identity of an unknown corpse. Soon, Duncan realizes that she has become a pawn in a very dangerous game.
Building on the success of their previous book, White and Folkens' "The Human Bone Manual" is intended for use outside the laboratory and classroom, by professional forensic scientists, anthropologists and researchers. The compact volume includes all the key information needed for identification purposes, including hundreds of photographs designed ...
Ubelaker, curator of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, is one of America's very top 'bone-men', often called upon by the FBI to investigate and help to identify the corpses and body parts of possible victims of foul play. Upon the dozens and dozens of true stories in this book, there are accounts of ...
Pringle's thoroughly researched survey into the preserved dead reveals not only the religious and cultural compulsion to mummify in, for example, the Egyptian tradition, but also time-worn mummification practices, the phenomenon of natural mummification, historical mummies, and the modern mummy black market.
This new manual is intended as a textbook to support laboratory classes in human osteology (human skeletal anatomy) and forensic anthropology taught at the junior/senior level. It is designed to serve three purposes: to be used as a general introduction to the field of forensic anthropology, as a framework for training, and as a practical ...
Edgar Award winner Sharyn McCrumb brings you her sixth Elizabeh MacPherson mystery novel. The unsinkable Elizabeth is on tour of England's most famous murder sites, when Rowan Rover, the group leader, is quietly asked to commit murder. He does, of course, but not without misgivings--not the least of which is having Elizabeth MacPherson, canny ...
In this professional memoir, a forensic scientist details how her daily detective work--studying bones to determine the cause of death--fascinates, disturbs, and inspires her.
Comprehensive and engaging, Byers's Introduction to Forensic Anthropology, 3e uses thoughtful pedagogy to lead students step-by-step through the most current and detailed forensic anthropology material available today. This one-of-a-kind text offers comprehensive coverage of all of the major topics in the field of forensics with accuracy, ...
"She's Agatha Christie with an attitude; outrageous and engrossing at the same time." Steven Womack, NASHVILLE BANNER Book four in Sharyn McCrumb's Elizabeth MacPherson murder mystery series. A motley crew of American and British professionals and amateurs gathers for an archaeological dig into prehistoric burial rites on a small Scottish island. ...
Published ten years after the genocide in Rwanda, "The Bone Woman" is a riveting account by a forensic anthropologist sent on missions by the UN War Crimes Tribunal. As she recounts the details of her work, the hellish working conditions, the bureaucracy, and the heartbreak of survivors, Koff imbues her story with a sense of hope, humanity, and ...
An account of the work of forensic anthropologists as they participate in the criminal investigation of a skull found at a Missouri Boy Scout camp. These anthropologists work to identify the victim, solve the crime, and help prosecute the perpetrator. Readers will learn how such things as a person's size, age, and sex can be determined by studying ...
"Delicious. Delightful. A Royal entertainment." Carolyn G. Hart If forensic anthropologist and ameteur slueth Elizabeth MacPherson is to have tea with the Queen of England, she has to get married first. And in the space of five weeks, she plans to do just that. When an old neighbor receives word that her husband has died again, it's up to ...
For courses in Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Science. An essential supplement to a forensic anthropology text, this reader provides case studies that demonstrate innovative approaches and practical experiences in the field. The book provides both introductory and advanced students with a strong sense of the types of cases in which forensic ...
Clyde Snow is a practitioner of forensic anthroplogy. He is employed by police forces and governments in every continent to identify human remains, to interpret the "signatures" in skeletons that are as good as fingerprints in distinguishing one individual from another. Over the last two decades, forensic anthropologists have extended their field ...
Two women--a lawyer named P.J. Purdue and her client, whom she has helped escape custody--are travelling around the country, robbing men and then leaving them handcuffed and naked for the police to find. Forensic anthropologist Elizabeth MacPherson has been apprised of the case by her brother, Bill, who is an old friend of P.J.'s. From the mental ...
In 1558 a Spanish galleon headed for the New World with supplies for the Spanish colonies was severely damaged in a storm and sank off the coast of Georgia. Now, inside one of the largest cofferdams ever built for the purpose of archaeology, Lindsay Chamberlain is excavating the site on the ocean floor. The new head of the division of anthropology ...
A husband preserved in mothballs, a vigilante victim encased in red mud, and convicts beaten and burned in a prison riot are only a few of the cases of death examined here by forensic anthropologist Stanley Rhine. Drawing on cases he worked for the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator, Rhine demonstrates how unidentified skeletal remains ...
Designed to accompany Introduction to Forensic Anthropology: A Textbook, Third Edition by Byers (Allyn & Bacon, 2007) this laboratory manual provides students in academic laboratory courses hands-on experience with the major processes of forensic anthropology. This unique, step-by-step workbook introduces students to all the procedures of the ...
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