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020 _a9780060875282
041 _aEnglish
082 _a614.17
_bBAS
100 _aBass, William M
245 _aBeyond the body farm :
_ba legendary bone detective explores murders, mysteries, and the revolution in forensic science
_cWilliam M Bass; Jon Jefferson
250 _a1st ed
260 _aNew York :
_bWilliam Morrow,
_c©2007.
300 _axxii, 282 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
505 _tIntroduction: A half-century of forensic evolution and revolution --
_tThe golden bowl, the burning palace : applying modern science to ancient bones --
_tSplash landing, part 1 : finding answers in teeth and skull morphology --
_tShedding light on a victims bones : using UV to illuminate identity --
_tForensics at the speed of flight : interpreting teeth and trauma --
_tThe rockets' red glare, bodies bursting in air : dealing with a mass disaster --
_tDead for the holidays : determining time since death --
_tA Texas scorcher : finding a fingerprint in a frontal sinus --
_tNo butts about it : convicting a killer by matching bite marks --
_tListening to the bugs : pinpointing time since death with forensic entomology --
_tThe professor versus the computer : harnessing software to determine race and ID a victim --
_tScience at the cutting edge : scanning a knife mark with electron microscopy --
_tLeoma Patterson, part 1 : reopening an old coffinand an old case with DNA --
_tSplash landing, part 2 : searching the depths with sonar --
_tLeoma Patterson, part 2 : putting a face on the dead --
_tThe day the bopper died : digging for the truth, and finding it with x-rays --
_tLeoma Patterson, part 3 : pushing the limits of DNA testing.
520 _aA forensic anthropologist tracks the field's increasing sophistication as reflected by cases throughout his career, describing such newer technologies as DNA processing and electron microscopy, and examining past cases in which new developments proved pivotal.
650 _aForensic anthropology -- United States.
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