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1 online resource (287 p.) |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser |
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New York Academy of Sciences Ser
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Intro -- Forensic Approaches to Buried Remains -- Contents -- List of figures -- Series foreword -- Preface and acknowledgements -- The authors -- About the companion website -- 1 An introduction to buried remains -- 1.1 Questions of time -- 1.2 Questions of interpretation -- 1.3 Forensic archaeology -- 1.4 Legal issues and procedures -- 1.5 Decay dynamic -- 1.6 Search methods and adaptations -- 1.7 Recovery methods and adaptation -- 1.8 Mass graves -- 2 Search theory and the landscape -- 2.1 The theory -- 2.2 Landscape mapping -- 2.3 Remote sensing -- 3 Search application |
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3.1 Geophysical survey -- 3.2 Cadaver dogs -- 3.3 Mechanical excavation -- 3.4 Bodies in aqueous environments -- 4 Search design -- 4.1 Search design -- 4.1.1 Definition of search boundaries -- 4.1.2 Recording and archiving -- 4.1.3 Thoroughness -- 4.2 Interrogating landscapes -- 4.3 Balancing probabilities -- 5 Longer-term 'no body' cases -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 History of cold case investigation -- 5.3 Cultural changes to rural landscapes -- 5.4 Natural changes to rural landscapes -- 5.5 Planning controls and building controls -- 5.6 Current planning arrangements -- 5.7 Planning records |
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5.8 Building records -- 5.9 Special circumstances -- 5.9.1 Archaeological investigation -- 5.9.2 Listed buildings -- 5.9.3 Ecclesiastical buildings -- 5.9.4 Burial grounds -- 5.10 Landfill sites and waste disposal -- 6 Recovery, stratigraphy and destruction -- 6.1 Stratigraphy -- 6.1.1 Layers and contamination -- 6.1.2 Fire scenes -- 6.1.3 Formal exhumations -- 6.2 The destructive process -- 6.2.1 Documentation -- 6.2.2 Planning and photography -- Appendix: The forensic archaeologist's report (taken from Section 7 of the Standards and Guidance for Forensic Archaeologists) |
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7 Recovery, sampling and dating -- 7.1 Sieving -- 7.2 Sampling and forensic ecology -- 7.2.1 Entomology -- 7.2.2 Palynology -- 7.3 Essential taphonomics -- 7.3.1 Natural modifications -- 7.3.2 Anthropogenic modification -- 7.4 Physical anthropology, recovery and surface scatters -- 7.5 Dating -- 7.5.1 Relative dating -- 7.5.2 Absolute dating -- 8 The investigation of multiple burials -- 8.1 Diversity and challenges -- 8.2 Developments -- 8.3 Interrogating the evidence -- 8.4 The aftermath of conflict -- 8.5 Politics and Religion -- 8.6 Archives for history -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Electronic books
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781118374146 |
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1118374142 |
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