Human Skeletal Remains

The 1st Edition of Human Skeletal Remains: A Field Guide to Identification, Recovery, and Preservation offers a step-by-step manual for recovering skeletal materials when a forensic anthropologist is unavailable. Published by CRC Press in 2025, the volume outlines standardized evidence collection procedures designed for active field deployment during medicolegal death investigation operations.

The manual structures its technical guidance across three distinct chapters focused on identification, recovery, and preservation. Its thematic coverage synthesizes forensic anthropology methodologies adapted for varied environmental conditions, presenting systematic recovery techniques for processing scenes with surface scattered human remains as well as fully buried human remains.

To assist field personnel during physical examination and documentation, the manual incorporates 328 color and 6 black-and-white illustrations. This publication provides reference support for law enforcement officers, crime scene investigators, evidence recovery technicians, medical examiners, coroners, practicing anthropologists, and forensic science students.