Anthropology & Archeology Bibliographic References *

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Age Markers in the Human Skeleton (Amazon)
by Mehmet Yasar Iscan (Editor)
Hardcover
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub LTD
Publication date: October 1989

Bodies of Evidence:
Reconstructing History Through Skeletal Analysis (Amazon)
by Anne L. Grauer (Editor)
Paperback
Published by Wiley-Liss
Publication date: March 1995

The Bone Detectives:
How Forensic Anthropologists Solve Crimes and Uncover Mysteries of the Dead (Amazon)
By Charlie Fellenbaum, Donna M. Jackson
1 Ed Hardcover, 48 pages
Published by Little Brown & Co
Publication date: April 1,1996

Amazon.com Books: In 1987 a skeleton was turned up near a Boy Scout camp in Missouri. A forensic anthropologist was brought and, using clues from the skeleton and some decaying clothes found nearby, determined that the victim was a young Asian woman. From there, police where able to determine the identity first of the victim and then of her killer. Using the Missouri case as a jumping off point, The Bone Detectives provides an introduction for young readers to the science of forensics. Written for curious readers who are approaching adolescence, this book is sure to appeal to the nearly universal interest that age group exhibits for the macabre and the horrible.

Bones:
A Forensic Detective's Casebook (Amazon)
by Douglas, Dr. Ubelaker, Henry Scammell
Reprint Edition Paperback
Published by Harper
Publication date: October 1993

Dead Men Do Tell Tales:
The Strange and Fascinating Cases of a Forensic Anthropologist (Amazon)
By Michael Browning, William R. Maples
Paperback
Published by Main Street Books
Publication date: October 1,1995

Synopsis: Forensic anthropologist Maples revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from gruesome and baffling dismemberment cases to the revelation of the identity of long-buried skeletons. "These tales of crime unmasked by science are compelling in their own right."--The Boston Globe. Photos.

The publisher, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc.: "William Maples is blessed with an eerie but powerful gift: From a skeleton, a skull, a mere fragment of burnt thighbone, he can deduce the age, gender, and ethnicity of a murder victim, the manner in which the person was dispatched, and often, the identity the killer. His skill is to read the tales of death written on the bones of the dead, and in this fascinating book he revisits his strangest, most interesting, and most horrific investigations, from gruesome and baffling dismemberment cases to the revelation of the identity of long-buried skeletons. Maples has gained an international reputation for work on remains ranging from the family of Czar Nicholas II to Vietnam MIAs to conquistador Francisco Pizarro, but, as he writes in these memoirs, his most satisfying moments come when his investigations leads to "the heavy clang and click of a prison door slamming shut" on the guilty. Dead Men Do Tell Tales is a completely engrossing journey in the world of forensic anthropology, the science of bones, a form of detection equal parts knowledge and empathy.

The Detection of Human Remains (Amazon)
by Edward W. Killam
Hardcover
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Publication date: May 1990

Forensic Analysis of the Skull:
Craniofacial Analysis, Reconstruction, and Identification (Amazon)
by Richard P. Helmer (Editor), M. Yasar Iscan
Hardcover, 258 pages
Published by Wiley-Liss Publication
Publication date: November 1993

Forensic Osteology :
Advances in Identification of Human Remains (Amazon)
by Kathleen J. Reichs (Editor) 2 Ed.
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Hardcover
Expected publication date: October 1997

Forensic Taphonomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains (Amazon)
by William D. Haglund (Editor), Marcella H. Sorg (Editor)
Hardcover
Published by CRC Press
Publication date: December 1996

Human Osteology : A Laboratory and Field Manual of Human Skeleton (Amazon))
by William Bass
4Th/spi*NR Edition
Paperback
Published by Missouri Archaeological Society
Publication date: November 1995

Human Remains (Amazon)
(Interpreting the Past)
by Andrew Chamberlain
Paperback
Published by Univ of California Pr
Publication date: September 1,1994

Preface
Identifying Human Bones
The Evidence for Age and Population Structure
Chemical and Biomolecular Evidence
Diseases and Disorders
Mummies, Bog Bodies and Ice People
Locating Burial Sites
Excavating and Preserving Human Remains
Ethics and the Law Further Reading Index

Human Skeletal Remains:
Excavation, Analysis, Interpretation (Amazon)
(Manuals on Archeology Series No. 2)
by Douglas H. Ubelaker
2nd Edition
Hardcover
Published by Taraxacum
Publication date: June 1989

Brent's note: Mentioned above, a student of Bill Bass, Dr. Ubelaker works for The Smithsonian Institute. Ubelaker and his colleagues did an excellent job of escavating the burned remains at Waco, and continues to be an authority in the field of forensic anthropology. Always a favorite with me.

Human Skeleton in Forensic Medicine (Amazon)
by Wilton Krogman, M. Yasar Iscan
2nd Edition
Hardcover
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Publication date: June 1986

Forensic Identification from Human Remains (Amazon)
by Spencer L. Rogers
Hardcover
Published by Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
Publication date: April 1987

Reconstruction of Life from the Skeleton (Amazon)
Edited by M. Yasar Iscan and Kenneth A.R. Kennedy
Hardcover, 315 pages
Published by Wiley-Liss
Publication date: November 1,1989

Talking Bones : The Science of Forensic Anthropology (Amazon)
(Facts on File Science Sourcebooks)
by Peggy Thomas
Hardcover, 136 pages
Publication date: August 1995

Card catalog description: Introduces the history, technology, and importance of the science of using human remains to solve crimes and includes actual forensic cases.

The Use of Forensic Anthropology (Amazon)
by Robert B. Pickering, David C. Bachman
Hardcover
Published by CRC Press
Publication date: December 1996

Haglund and Sorg, Forensic Taphononomy: The Postmortem Fate of Human Remains, (CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL: 1996)

Iscan and Kennedy,(eds), Reconstruction of Life from the Skeleton, (Wiley-Liss, New York: 1989)

Iscan, Age Markers in the Human Skeleton, (Charles C Thomas, Springfield, IL: 1989)

Iscan and Helmer, (eds), Forensic Analysis of the Skull: Craniofacial Analysis, Reconstruction, and Identification, (Wiley-Liss, New York: 1993)

* Comments & reviews courtesy of Brent Turvey of Knowledge Solutions.