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Front Cover -- Human Remains: Another Dimension -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Acknowledgment -- 1 Context -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Human Remains-Another Dimension -- References -- 2 The Rot Sets In: Low-Powered Microscopic Investigation of Taphonomic Changes to Bone Microstructure and its Application t... -- 2.1 Methods and Assessment -- 2.2 Danebury Iron Age Hillfort and Suddern Farm Settlement, Hampshire, UK -- 2.3 Church of St. Mary and St. Laurence, Bolsover, Derbyshire, UK -- 2.4 East Smithfield, London, UK -- 2.5 Summary -- References -- 3 Human Bone and Dental Histology in an Archaeological Context -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Bone -- 3.3 Teeth -- 3.4 Technical Considerations -- 3.5 Human Skeletal Histology in Medieval Canterbury, UK: Short Study -- 3.5.1 Materials and Methods -- 3.5.2 Results -- 3.5.3 Discussion and Summary -- 3.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4 "Cut to the Bone": The Enhancement and Analysis of Skeletal Trauma Using Scanning Electron Microscopy -- 4.1 Case Study: Tool Marks and Human Dissection -- 4.2 Identification of Saws and Knives Used in Human Dissection -- 4.3 Saws -- 4.4 Knives -- 4.5 SEM Analysis: For More Than Just the Enhancement of Tool Marks -- 4.6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 5 The Role of Radiography in Disaster Victim Identification -- References -- 6 Recording In Situ Human Remains in Three Dimensions: Applying Digital Image-Based Modeling -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Digital IBM and the "Digital Turn" -- 6.3 Funerary Taphonomy and the Third Dimension -- 6.4 Discussion -- 6.5 Conclusions -- References -- 7 Shedding Light on Skeletal Remains: The Use of Structured Light Scanning for 3D Archiving -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Contextual Information -- 7.2.1 Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester -- 7.2.2 Fewston, North Yorkshire

This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. Human remains and identification presents a pioneering investigation into the practices and methodologies used in the search for and exhumation of dead bodies resulting from mass violence. Previously absent from forensic debate, social scientists and historians here confront historical and contemporary exhumations with the application of social context to create an innovative and interdisciplinary dialogue, enlightening the political, social and legal aspects of mass crime and its aftermaths.Through a ground-breaking selection of international case studies, Human remains and identification argues that the emergence of new technologies to facilitate the identification of dead bodies has led to a "forensic turn", normalising exhumations as a method of dealing with human remains en masse. However, are these exhumations always made for legitimate reasons?Multidisciplinary in scope, this book will appeal to readers interested in understanding this crucial phase of mass violence's aftermath, including researchers in history, anthropology, sociology, forensic science, law, politics and modern warfare.The research program leading to this publication has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP/2007-2013) / ERC Grant Agreement n° 283-617