Published: 2018-01-19

Forensic Anthropology: A Journal for our Discipline

Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Angi M. Christensen, Joseph T. Hefner

1–3

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Welcome to Forensic Anthropology, the only journal devoted to the advancement of the science and professional development of the fields...

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Temporal, Geographic and Identification Trends in Craniometric Estimates of Ancestry for Persons of Latin American Origin

Bridget F. B. Algee-Hewitt, Cris E. Hughes, Bruce E. Anderson

4–17

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Recent genotypic analyses of U.S.-Mexico border-crossing fatalities reveal greater indigenous ancestry in individuals who are currently...

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rASUDAS: A New Web-Based Application for Estimating Ancestry from Tooth Morphology

G. Richard Scott, Marin A. Pilloud, David Navega, João d'Oliveira Coelho, Eugénia Cunha, Joel D. Irish

18–31

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The use of crown and root morphology to estimate population relationships has a long history in dental anthropology. Over the past two decades,...

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Forensic Fractography of Bone: A New Approach to Skeletal Trauma Analysis

Angi M. Christensen, Joseph T. Hefner, Michael A. Smith, Jodi Blakely Webb, Maureen C. Bottrell, Todd W. Fenton

32–51

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Fractography is the study of fracture surface morphology, and it can be used to assess a material’s mechanical properties as well as to...

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The Small Scavenger Guild of Massachusetts

James Pokines, Corey Pollock

52–67

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The role of small scavengers (typically birds and small mammals) of large vertebrate remains in terrestrial environments is an under-researched...

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Using an Alternate Light Source (ALS) to Search for Surface Deposited Skeletal Remains

Tracy E. Brown, Angi M. Christensen

68–73

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Searches for skeletal remains can be complicated by taphonomic processes that result in the disarticulation, fragmentation, and redistribution...

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Making up for Missing Pieces: SEM-EDS Gunshot Residue Analysis of Human Cranial Bone

Natalie R. Langley, James Joseph West, Stan Kunigelis, Cassie Boggs

74–79

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This report outlines a case in which cranial gunshot trauma was suspected, but a large portion of the cranium was not recovered from the scene,...

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Review of "The Bone Book: A Photographic Lab Manual for Identifying and Siding Human Bones"

Heather M. Garvin

80–81

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REFERENCE: Mann RW. The Bone Book: A Photographic Lab Manual for Identifying and Siding Human Bones. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas;...

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