Forensic Archaeology: Advances in Theory and Practice

by Cox; Margaret

• ISBN13: 9780415273121
• ISBN10: 0415273129
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-12-22
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Following from the successful Routledge volume Studies in Crime, this book charts the recent history of forensic archaeology, examines case studies, pursues new developments and considers the wider contextual framework in which the subject operates.

Author Biography

John Hunter is Professor of Ancient History and Archaeology at the University of Birmingham Margaret Cox is Head of the Forensic and Bioarchaeological Sciences Group at Bournemouth University where she is Professor of Forensic Archaeology and Anthropology and Director of Forensic Programmes

Table of Contents

List of figures	vii
List of tables	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Acknowledgements	xiii
1 Introduction	1	(26)
2 Search and location: case studies 1-13	27	(35)
3 Forensic geophysical survey	62	(34)
PAUL CHEETHAM
4 The recovery of forensic evidence from individual graves: case studies 14-29	96	(41)
5 The archaeology of mass graves	137	(22)
R. WRIGHT, I. HANSON AND J. STERENBERG
6 Anthropology in a forensic context	159	(18)
TAL SIMMONS AND WILLIAM D. HAGLUND
7 Legal matters	177	(27)
ROBERT DILLEY
8 Social and intellectual frameworks	204	(22)
Index	226