Forensic Anthropology Training Manual

by Karen Ramey Burns

Provides basic information on successfully collecting, processing, analyzing, and describing skeletal human remains. Forensic Anthropology Training Manual serves as a practical reference tool and a framework for training in forensic anthropology. The first chapter informs judges, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and international workers of the information and services available from a professional forensic anthropologist. The first section (Chapters 2-11) is a training guide to assist in the study of human skeletal anatomy. The second section (Chapters 12-17) focuses on the specific work of the forensic anthropologist, beginning with an introduction to the forensic sciences. Learning Goals

Genres: Anthropology, Science, Nonfiction, Archaeology, Reference, Biology, Academic

384 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Devon · Rating 5 out of 5]

I already own the first edition and I decided to go all out and purchase the second edition. The second edition has a better description for numbering the metatarsals and better descriptions of the carpals. I have the Third Edition of Tim White's Human Osteology and his pictures of carpals aren't as nice. In addition, he numbers the metatarsals based on size, which sucks if you just have a single metatarsal to number. I like Burns better in that aspect.

[Kirsty Appleby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really helpful

[Aluvrianne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is difficult to teach from due to all of the errors in it. I haven't seen the second edition, and hope that said errors have been corrected.

[Benjamin Plume · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well put together.