Forensic archaeology a global perspective / edited by W.J. Mike Groen, Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Robert C. Janaway.

Contents Introduction / W.J. Mike Groen, Nicholas Marquez-Grant and Robert C. Janaway -- 1. Forensic archaeology and anthropology in Austria / Fabian Kanz and Jan Cemper-Kiesslich -- 2. DVI Belgium : victim identification and necrosearch / Birgit Van Denhouwe and Eline M.J. Schotsmans -- 3. Bosnia and Herzegovina : forensic archaeology in support of national and international organisations undertaking criminal investigations and identifying the missing from 1996 to 2013 / Ian Hanson, Adnan Rizvic and Thomas J. Parsons -- 4. Forensic archaeology in Bulgaria : problems and perspectives / Ilian Boyanov -- 5. Croatia (Hrvatska) : from WWII and the 1991 war to contemporary forensic cases / Mario Slaus and Anja Petaros -- 6. Forensic archaeology in the Czech Republic / Petr Veleminsky, Miluse Dobisikova, Eliska Maxova and Jana Veleminska -- 7. Forensic archaeology in Denmark / Marie Louise Jorkov and Niels Lynnerup -- 8. Forensic archaeology in the French context : the role of the Forensic Sciences Institute of the French National Gendarmerie / Yves Schuliar, Patrice Georges, Florent Ducrettet, Franck Nolot and Jean Richebe -- 9. The Working Group 'Forensic Archaeology' at the German Bundeskriminalamt / Ralf Neumann, Karsten Klenke and Andrea Fischer -- 10. Forensic archaeology in Greece / Konstantinos Moraitis and Constantine Eliopoulos -- 11. Forensic archaeology and anthropology in Hungary : current trends and future perspectives / Eva Susa, Kinga Ery, Laszlo Kovacs, Matyas Szoke and Maria Molnos -- 12. Forensic archaeology in Italy : the difficult birth of a discipline / Matteo Borrini -- 13. Forensic archaeology in Lithuania / Rimantas Jankauskas -- 14. Forensic archaeology in the Netherlands : uncovering buried and scattered evidence / Roosje de Leeuwe and W.J. Mike Groen -- 15. Forensic archaeology in Poland : theory and practice / Maciej Trzcinski and Tomasz Borkowski -- 16. Forensic archaeology in Romania : present and future of a new discipline / Annamaria Diana -- 17. Forensic archaeology in the Russian Federation / Alexey Abramov, Elizaveta Veselovskaya, Alexey Dolgov, Asya V. Engovatova, Maria B. Mednikova, Sergey Nikitin and Azrat Safarov -- 18. Forensic archaeology in Serbia : from exhumation to excavation / Marija Djuric and Andrej Starovic -- 19. Forensic archaeology in the Slovak Republic / Sona Masnicova, Radoslav Benus and Zuzana Obertova -- 20. Inclusion of archaeology in criminal investigations : Slovenia / Pavel Jamnik -- 21. The use of archaeology in the criminal and medico-legal context in Spain / Nicholas Marquez-Grant, Miguel Angel Vazquez Diaz and Raquel Melendez Gonzalez -- 22. Forensic archaeology and anthropology in Switzerland / Sandra Losch, Christian Jackowski and Christian Zingg -- 23. Introduction to forensic archaeology in the United Kingdom / John Hunter and Cecily Cropper -- 24. Forensic archaeology in the United Kingdom and quality assurance / Robert C. Janaway -- 25. Forensic archaeology : the European collaboration / W.J. Mike Groen -- 26. Forensic archaeology and anthropology in Brazil / Marco Aurelio Guimaraes, Raffaela Arrabaca Francisco, Rafael de Abreu e Souza and Martin Paul Evison -- 27. Canadian forensic archaeology : a Mari Usque ad Mare, ad hoc / Derek Congram -- 28. A brief account of the past and present circumstances of forensic archaeology in Costa Rica / Roxana Ferllini -- 29. Forensic archaeology in Mexico : the intermittent and unfinished application of the forensic archaeological techniques and methods / Carlos Jacome Hernandez and Lilia Escorcia Hernandez -- 30. Forensic scientific practice in Panama / Ann H. Ross and Jose Vicente Pachar Lucio -- 31. Forensic archaeology in the United States / Luis L. Cabo and Dennis C. Dirkmaat -- 32. Forensic archaeology and the recovery of human remains in Venezuela / Livia Margarita Munoz Andrade -- 33. The use of (forensic) archaeology in Australia in the search and recovery of buried evidence : a review / Soren Blau and Jon Sterenberg -- 34. Forensic archaeology : an Indian perspective / Anil Aggrawal -- 35. Forensic archaeology in Lebanon / Lynn Maalouf and Rita Clovis Maalouf -- 36. Forensic sciences in Libya and mass grave investigation / Amin Attia Alemam -- 37. Forensic archaeology in Nepal / Susan Appleyard -- 38. The current status of forensic archaeology in New Zealand / Edward Ashby and Beatrice Hudson -- 39. The archaeological investigation of crime scenes and humanitarian cases that involve graves and human remains in South Africa / W. Coen Nienaber -- 40. Anthropology module of Mass ID Manager (MIM) in the Republic of Korea : potential for forensic archaeology / Nak-Eun Chung, Yi-Suk Kim and U-Young Lee -- 41. Forensic archaeology : an introduction from the United Arab Emirates / Khudooma Saeed Al Naimi -- 42. The heroic and the hidden dead : Zimbabwe and exhumations / Shari Eppel -- 43. Forensic archaeology : the Argentinian way / Luis Fondebrider and Vivian Scheinsohn -- 44. Forensic archaeology and the Australian war dead / Denise Donlon, Anthony Lowe and Brian Manns -- 45. Forensic archaeology in Chile : the contribution of the Chilean state to our memory, truth and justice / Marisol Intriago Leiva, Joyce Stockins Ramirez and Claudia Garrido Varas -- 46. The role of forensic archaeology in revealing the truth of Colombia's armed conflict : a critical perspective / Ana Carolina Guatame Garcia, Carolina Puerto Valdivieso and Eileen Buitrago Perez -- 47. Forensic archaeology and the independent commission for the location of victims' remains / Niamh A. McCullagh and Geoffrey C. Knupfer -- 48. Forensic archaeology and the International Commission on Missing Persons : setting standards in an integrated process / Ian Hanson -- 49. Forensic archaeology in humanitarian contexts; ICRC action and recommendations / Morris V. Tidball-Binz and Ute Hofmeister -- 50. The Inforce Foundation / Roland Wessling -- 51. Forensic archaeology underwater : JPAC's inventory investigation and recovery of US casualties of war from submerged sites / Andrew T. Pietruszka -- 52. Forensic archaeology in Peru : between science and human rights activism / Jose Pablo Baraybar and Franco Mora -- 53. Physicians for human rights : the role of forensic archaeology in transitional justice contexts / Stefan Schmitt, Amanda Sozer, Gillian Fowler and Dallas Mazoori -- 54. Recovering memories of the Portuguese Colonial War through forensic anthropology / Eugenia Cunha, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Sonia Codinha, Goncalo Carnim, Carina Marques and Claudia Umbelino -- 55. Contemporary exhumations in Spain : recovering the missing from the Spanish Civil War / Francisco Etxeberria, Lourdes Herrasti, Fernando Serrulla and Nicholas Marquez-Grant -- 56. The development of forensic archaeology and anthropology by the Uruguayan Forensic Anthropology Team / Jose M. Lopez Mazz and Alicia Lusiardo -- 57. The Returning Casualty : the excavation of a communist re-education camp cemetery at Lang Da, Yen Bai Province, Vietnam / Julie Martin -- Concluding remarks / W.J. Mike Groen, Nicholas Marquez-Grant and Robert C. Janaway.
Summary Forensic archaeology is mostly defined as the use of archaeological methods and principles within a legal context. However, such a definition only covers one aspect of forensic archaeology and misses the full potential this discipline has to offer.
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