Anthropology 2235A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Blunt Trauma, Condyloid Process, Stab Wound
3 Feb 2016
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Cause of death: is any injury or disease that produces derangement in body that causes cessation of body. Mechanism of death: is the physiological derangement produced by the cause of death. Manner of death: explains how the cause of death came about. Characteristics of bones can provide info on: exact impact location, angle of impact, number of impacts. Principles of trauma analysis: distinguishing pathological, normal and taphonomic processes- this requires extensive knowledge of biomechanics of bone and how bone responds to pathological processes, determining the number and sequence of skeletal injuries- which requires written schematic record. Person may have moved: distinguishing between ante (before), peri (around) and post (after) mortem injuries. Inventory- cranium, mandible and first 3 cervicle vertebrae, 12 teeth+ restorative crowns and dental work (used to i. d. ) March of 1992 incomplete human remains exposed near an. Remains sent to fbi lab in washinton d. c. Processed in the trace evidence unit and then to ubelaker at the.
