Scientific study of human skeletal remains with the express purpose of identification. This includes establishing individual identity, trauma analysis, facial reconstruction, photographic superimposition, determination of time interval since death, and crime-scene recovery. Forensic anthropologists do not certify cause of death but provide data to assist in determination of probable cause. This is a branch of the field of physical anthropology and qualified individuals are certified by the American Board of Forensic Anthropology. (From Am J Forensic Med Pathol 1992 Jun;13(2):146)
    

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Forensic architecture : violence at the threshold of detectability / Eyal Weizman.

Witnesses from the grave : the stories bones tell / Christopher Joyce and Eric Stover.

Making faces : using forensic and archaeological evidence / John Prag and Richard Neave.

Postcards from the brain museum : the improbable search for meaning in the matter of famous minds / Brian Burrell.

Murder and the making of English CSI / Ian Burney and Neil Pemberton.

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Forensic Anthropology

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Forensic architecture : violence at the threshold of detectability / Eyal Weizman.

Witnesses from the grave : the stories bones tell / Christopher Joyce and Eric Stover.

Making faces : using forensic and archaeological evidence / John Prag and Richard Neave.

Postcards from the brain museum : the improbable search for meaning in the matter of famous minds / Brian Burrell.

Murder and the making of English CSI / Ian Burney and Neil Pemberton.