- Forensic osteology
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Forensic osteology is the science of determining the causes and circumstances of human death from the features, composition, and context of boney remains. Forensic osteology has taken an important documentary role in the steadily growing global awareness of genocide. Several international groups have worked with forensic osteologists to investigate and record causes of death under circumstances that provide little non-osteological forensic data.
References
- Komar, D. and J. Buikstra 2007. Forensic Anthropology: Contemporary Theory and Practice, Oxford University Press.
- Browner et al. 2002. Skeletal Trauma: Fractures, Dislocations, Ligamentous Injuries. Saunders.
- Ortner, D. 2003. Identification of Pathological Conditions in Human Skeletal Remains, Academic Press.
- Reichs, K. 1998. Forensic Osteology: Advances in the Identification of Human Remains, Charles C. Thomas Publisher.
- White, T. 2005. The Human Bone Manual, Academic Press.
- Kimmerle, E. and J. Barayabar (Eds.). 2008. Skeletal Trauma: Identification of Injuries Resulting from Human Rights Abuse and Armed Conflic. CRC Press.
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