Bones A Forensic Detective's Casebook
by Ubelaker, Dr. Douglas; Scammell, HenryFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-01-10
Publisher(s): M. Evans & Company
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Summary
Ubelaker, curator of anthropology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, is one of America's very top 'bone-men', often called upon by the FBI to investigate and help to identify the corpses and body parts of possible victims of foul play. Upon the dozens and dozens of true stories in this book, there are accounts of homicide, cannibalism, ritual sacrifice and other horrific crimes, solved and unsolved, from Ubelaker's own personal casebooks and those of the Smithsonian. Illustrated with over seventy-five photographs and drawings, reconstructions, computer sketches, and photographic super-impositions, this book fascinatingly reveals the indelible stories that bones have to tell.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. ix |
| Helping Hands | p. 1 |
| Impolite Society | p. 16 |
| Abel and After | p. 26 |
| The Other Army of the Potomac | p. 50 |
| Partners in Crime | p. 61 |
| Is It Human? | p. 75 |
| Sex, Size, Race, Age at Death | p. 86 |
| Grave Consequences | p. 105 |
| Scavenging | p. 114 |
| Heads Will Roll | p. 124 |
| Burning Questions | p. 140 |
| Soap | p. 149 |
| Beyond Soap | p. 157 |
| The Face Is Familiar | p. 167 |
| But Are You Sure? | p. 191 |
| Different Strokes | p. 208 |
| Angle of Attack | p. 218 |
| Family Secrets | p. 227 |
| Fair Play and Foul | p. 238 |
| Some Assembly Required | p. 252 |
| Serial Killings | p. 262 |
| Ones That Almost Got Away | p. 271 |
| Unwarranted Conclusions | p. 279 |
| Brief Lives | p. 286 |
| Another Helping Hand | p. 291 |
| Glossary | p. 297 |
| Diplomates of the American Board of Forensic Anthropology, 1992 | p. 301 |
| Index | p. 307 |
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