Human Osteology: A Laboratory and Field Manual of Human Skeleton (Special publication no. 2 of the Missouri Archaeological Society) 3rd Edition by Bass, William M. (1987) Paperback

THIS TEXT TAKES THE READER INTO AN ELABORATE AND INTERESTING LOOK AT HUMAN OSTEOLOGY. IT PROVIDES EXCELLENT DIAGRAMS AND WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF BONES AND THE BODY. IT ALSO DISCUSSES IN DEPTH THE ISSUES OF AGE, SEX, AND RACE DETERMINATION. IT IS AN INVALUABLE SOURCE OF INFORMATION FOR FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENTS AND DEATH INVESTIGATORS AS WELL. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY ONE OF THE FIELDS PIONEERS DR. WILLIAM BASS WHO WAS THE LEAD PROFESSOR AND THE UNIVERSITY OF KNOXVILLE, TN WHERE HE INSTITUTED A FIRST IN THE FIELD IN HANDS-ON STUDY. HE DEVELOPED A HUMAN BODY INVESTIGATION CENTER DUBBED THE BODY FARM. WHERE HE TAKES AN ACTIVE LOOK AT DECOMPOSITION OF HUMAN REMAINS, HE KNOWS HIS STUFF AND THIS BOOK PROVES IT! ( amazon customer)