Forensic anthropology in the United States : past and present / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley -- Skeletal remains as evidence / Marin A. Pilloud and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Forensic archaeology : survey methods, scene documentation, excavation, and recovery methods / Denise To -- Forensic taphonomy / James Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Human osteology / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Langley -- Human odontology and the dentition in forensic anthropology / Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley -- Skeletal examination and documentation / Lee Meadows Jantz -- Sex estimation of unknown human remains / Gregory E. Berg -- Ancestry methods : the importance, the history and the practice / M. Katherine Spradley and Katy E. Weisensee -- Age estimation methods / Natalie R. Langley, Alice F. Gooding, MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Stature estimation / Natalie R. Langley -- Pathological conditions as individuating traits in a forensic context / David Hunt and Kerriann Marden -- Analysis of skeletal trauma / Natalie R. Langley -- Introduction to Fordisc 3 and human variation statistics / Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley -- Time since death estimation and bone weathering : the postmortem interval / Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor and Angela M. Dautartas -- Methods of personal identification / Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson -- Mass fatalities, mass graves and the forensic investigation of international crimes / Pierre Guyomarc'h and Derek Congram -- Advanced scene topics : fire and commingling / Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. Herrmann -- Appendix A: Application of dentition In forensic anthropology / Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley -- Appendix B: Age estimation in modern forensic anthropology / Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt.