Bones: A Forensic Detective's Casebook
by Douglas H. Ubelaker
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A Smithsonian curator and top FBI consultant show how archeological discoveries help solve twentieth century crimes and secrets of the ancients.Tags
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One of the first forensic anthropology books in my collection and one of the best. Ubelaker's writing is interesting without getting bogged down in needless detail. I also like the fact that his tone isn't self-congratulatory.
Good examples of physical anthropology used as a detection tool prior to the expanded use of DNA
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Douglas H. Ubelaker Is Senior Scientist specializing in forensic anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C. He served as the 2011-2012 President of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and has published extensively in the general field of human skeletal biology with an emphasis on forensic applications.
Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1992
- Dedication
- To life.
- First words
- On the morning of May 24, 1980, a pretty, soft-eyed, twenty-one-year-old woman set out from her Arlington, Virginia, apartment, headed for her job as a chemist at the Quantico Marine Base a few miles to the south of the city.... (show all) Like most of the people in this book, she never got where she was going.
- Blurbers
- Cornwell, Patricia D.
Classifications
- Genres
- Anthropology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
- DDC/MDS
- 614.1 — Applied science & technology Medicine & health Epidemics, Poisons, Alternative Medicine Forensic medicine
- LCC
- GN69.8 .U2 — Geography, Anthropology and Recreation Anthropology Anthropology Physical anthropology. Somatology Human variation
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 400
- Popularity
- 77,628
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.99)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 4
- ASINs
- 6
