part Section 1 Theoretical Perspectives -- chapter 1 Advancing Forensic Taphonomy: Purpose, Theory, and Process -- chapter 2 Is Forensic Taphonomy Scientific? -- part Section 2 The Biogeographic Context -- chapter 3 An Autopsy of the Grave: Recognizing, Collecting, and Preserving Forensic \t\t\t\t\tGeotaphonomic Evidence -- chapter 4 Forensics, Archaeology, and Taphonomy: The Symbiotic Relationship -- chapter 5 Position of Skeletal Remains as a Key to Understanding Mortuary \t\t\t\t\tBehavior -- chapter 6 Taphonomic and Forensic Aspects of Bog Bodies -- chapter 7 The Effect of Cultivation on Buried Human Remains -- chapter 8 Detection and Recovery of Abducted and Murdered Children: Behavioral and \t\t\t\t\tTaphonomic Influences -- chapter 9 Insects Associated with the Body: Their Use and Analyses -- chapter 10 Human Remains in Water Environments -- chapter 11 Floating Remains on Pacific Northwest Waters -- part Section 3 Mass Fatalities and Mass Graves -- chapter 12 Recent Mass Graves, An Introduction -- chapter 13 Taphonomy of a Karstic Cave Execution Site at Hrgar, \t\t\t\t\tBosnia-Herzegovina -- chapter 14 Mass Graves and the Collection of Forensic Evidence: Genocide, War Crimes, \t\t\t\t\tand Crimes against Humanity -- chapter 15 Postburial Disturbance of Graves in Bosnia-Herzegovina -- chapter 16 Cannibalism or Violent Death Alone? Human Remains at a Small Anasazi \t\t\t\t\tSite -- chapter 17 Damnum Fatale: The Taphonomic Fate of Human Remains in Mass Disasters -- chapter 18 Approaches to the Study of Commingling in Human Skeletal Biology -- part Section 4 Modification of Bones, Soft Tissue, and Associated Materials -- chapter 19 Detecting the Postburial Fragmentation of Carpals, Tarsals, and \t\t\t\t\tPhalanges -- chapter 20 Degradation of Clothing and Other Dress Materials Associated with Buried \t\t\t\t\tBodies of Archaeological and Forensic Interest -- chapter 21 Taphonomic Context of Sharp-Force Trauma in Suspected Cases of Human \t\t\t\t\tMutilation and Dismemberment -- chapter 22 A Critical Look at Methods for Recovering, Evaluating, and Interpreting \t\t\t\t\tCremated Human Remains -- chapter 23 Recovery and Interpretation of the Fatal Fire Victim: The Role of Forensic \t\t\t\t\tAnthropology -- chapter 24 The Use of DNA in the Identification of Postmortem Remains -- chapter 25 Disarticulation Pattern and Tooth Mark Artifacts Associated with Pig \t\t\t\t\tScavenging of Human Remains: A Case Study.