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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453121403321

Autore

Hunter John

Titolo

Forensic approaches to buried remains / / John Hunter, Barrie Simpson, Caroline Sturdy Colls

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : Wiley, , [2013]

©2013

ISBN

0-470-66630-7

1-118-37415-0

1-118-37413-4

1-118-37414-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 p.)

Collana

Essentials of forensic science

Altri autori (Persone)

SimpsonBarrie

CollsCaroline Sturdy

Disciplina

363.25

Soggetti

Forensic sciences

Forensic anthropology

Criminal investigation

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An introduction to buried remains -- Search theory and the landscape -- Search application -- Search design -- Longer term "no body" cases -- Recovery, stratigraphy and destruction -- Recovery, sampling and dating -- Mass graves -- Bibliography.

Sommario/riassunto

The field of forensic archaeology has developed over recent years from being a branch of conventional archaeology into a well-established discipline in its own right.  Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains takes an innovative approach to the subject by placing the role of the forensic archaeologist within the wider forensic environment; it identifies new areas of interdisciplinary research and practice, and evaluates practical difficulties.  The authors see this book as a reflection of the subject's development, and as a knowledge base for the next generation of forensic archaeo