Brief History of Forensic Anthropology MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command/Central Identification Laboratory (JPAC/CIL) History Thomas D. Holland and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Forensic Anthropology Today MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant and Natalie R. Shirley Human Osteology MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant, and Natalie R. Shirley Human Odontology and the Dentition in Forensic Anthropology Debra Prince Zinni and Kate M. Crowley Crime Scene Methodology Denise To Processing and Inventory of Remains Lee Meadows Jantz Determining the Sex of Unknown Human Skeletal Remains Gregory E. Berg Age Estimation Methods Natalie R. Shirley, Alice E. Fazlollah, and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Age Estimation in Modern Forensic Anthropology Bridget F.B. Algee-Hewitt Why Do Forensic Anthropologists Estimate Ancestry and Why Is It So Controversial? M. Katherine Spradley and Katherine Weisensee Stature Estimation Natalie R. Shirley Introduction to Fordisc 3 Richard L. Jantz and Stephen D. Ousley Low-Velocity Trauma Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Basic Gunshot Trauma Interpretation in Forensic Anthropology Hugh E. Berryman, Natalie R. Shirley, and Alicja K. Lanfear Taphonomy of Fire Joanne Bennett Devlin and Nicholas P. Herrmann Taphonomic Processes: Animal Scavenging James T. Pokines and MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Time since Death Estimation and Bone Weathering: The Postmortem Interval Rebecca J. Wilson-Taylor Taphonomic Processes: Analysis of Fragmentary Remains MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant Methods of Personal Identification Angi M. Christensen and Bruce E. Anderson Forensic Anthropology: A Human Rights Approach Erin H. Kimmerle Forensic Anthropology in Mass Disasters Paul S. Sledzik Index