chapter Introduction to Forensic Taphonomy -- chapter 1 Method and Theory of Forensic Taphonomy Research -- chapter 2 Context Delicti -- chapter 3 The Role of Archaeology in the Recovery and Interpretation of Human Remains from an Outdoor Forensic Setting -- chapter 4 Chain of Custody from the Field to the Courtroom -- chapter 5 Taphonomic Applications in Forensic Anthropology -- chapter 6 Chemical and Ultrastructural Aspects of Decomposition -- chapter 7 Preservation and Recovery of DNA in Postmortem Specimens and Trace Samples -- chapter 8 The Process of Decomposition -- chapter 9 Postmortem Changes in Soft Tissues -- chapter 10 Recognition of Cemetery Remains in the Forensic Setting* -- chapter 11 Frozen Environments and Soft Tissue Preservation -- chapter 12 Outdoor Decomposition Rates in Tennessee -- chapter 13 Microscopic Structure of Bone -- chapter 14 Microscopic Investigation of Excavated Skeletal Remains -- chapter 15 A Critical Evaluation of Bone Weathering as an Indication of Bone Assemblage Formation -- chapter 16 Eskimo Skeleton Taphonomy with Identification of Possible Polar Bear Victims -- chapter 17 Human Variables in the Postmortem Alteration of Human Bone -- chapter 18 Fire Modification of Bone -- chapter 19 Human Bone Mineral Densities and Survival of Bone Elements -- chapter 20 Cranial Bone Displacement as a Taphonomic Process in Potential Child Abuse Cases -- chapter 21 Biodegradation of Hairs and Fibers -- chapter 22 Forensic Botany -- chapter 23 Dogs and Coyotes -- chapter 24 Scattered Skeletal Human Remains -- chapter 25 The Utilization of Faunal Evidence in the Recovery of Human Remains -- chapter 26 Rodents and Human Remains -- chapter 27 On the Body -- chapter 28 Human Remains Recovered from a Shark's Stomach in South Carolina* -- chapter 29 Decomposition of Buried and Submerged Bodies -- chapter 30 Decomposition Rates of Deliberate Burials -- chapter 31 Autopsied, Embalmed, and Preserved Human Remains -- chapter 32 NecroSearch Revisited -- chapter 33 Preservation in Late 19th Century Iron Coffin Burials -- chapter 34 Fluvial Transport of Human Crania -- chapter 35 The Taphonomic Effects of Flood Waters on Bone -- chapter 36 Movement of Bodies in Lake Ontario -- chapter 37 Forensic Taphonomy in Marine Contexts -- chapter 38 Human Aquatic Taphonomy in the Monterey Bay Area -- chapter 39 Burials at Sea.