ANTH 3136
Forensic Anthropology
Fall 2025
Topics
- a major theme throughout the term.
- comments) and think about what aspects you understand and agree with and where you have
- concerns. After 24 hours compose a written explanation of why you feel you deserve a different
Readings
- Required: Byers SN and CA Juarez
- Required: 2023. Introduction to Forensic Anthropology. Routledge: New York. (cost: paperback )
- 2015. Shot and beaten to death? Suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of post-mortem water immersion. In NV Passalacqua and CW Rainwater (Eds.) Skeletal trauma analysis: Case studies in context. John Wiley &
- 2015. Three modes of dismemberment; disarticulation around the joints, transection of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing. In NV Passalacqua and CW Rainwater (Eds.) Skeletal trauma analysis: Case studies in context. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; New York: 222-45.
- 2015. Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death. In NV Passalacqua and CW Rainwater (Eds.) Skeletal trauma analysis: Case studies in context. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; New York: 27-41.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- syllabus ↗Fall 2025
- Course source ↗
- Additional readings or course materials are supplied through the course site or course pack.