Recommended Further Reading
- Galloway, A. (1999). Broken Bones: Anthropological Analysis of Blunt Force Trauma. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
- This is an excellent overview of the effects of blunt force trauma on the human skeleton.
- Huelke, D. F., Darling, J. H. (1964). Bone fractures produced by bullets. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 9(4):461–469.
- This is an early definitive reference on effects of bullets on long bones.
- Reichs, K. J. (1998b). Postmortem dismemberment: recovery, analysis and interpretation. In: Reichs, K. J., ed. Forensic Osteology Advances in the Identification of Human Remains. 2nd ed. Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas.
- This contains a list of the characteristics of knife wounds to bone.
- Ross, A. H. (1996). Caliber estimation from cranial entrance defect measurements. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 41:629–633.
- This is the best article on the size of cranial projectile wounds and caliber of the causative firearm.
- Ubelaker, D. H. (1992). Hyoid fracture and strangulation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 37:1216–1222.
- This is an excellent overview of hyoid fracture due to strangulation.
Useful Weblinks
- In 2022, the Society of Forensic Anthropologists (SOFA) and the Forensic Technology Center of Excellence (FTCOE) paired together to put on a webinar on Forensic Fractography by Dr. Angi Christensen. Dr. Christensen will discuss material failure and how to detect evidence of failure in bones and what that can tell us about trauma. The webinar is now archived. In order to view the archived webinar, you must sign up for an FTCOE account, but it is free to do so. The link below will guide you to the about page for the webinar you must click the “back to webinar series page” and make sure you have an account.
- https://forensiccoe.org/webinar-2022-forensic-fractography-bone/
For a cool bioarcheological exploration of early gunshot trauma from the 1500s check out this video from the Center of Innovation at Leiden University “The Truth in our bones series”
See the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Teams Fredy Perccerelli discuss the mass graves from the 36 year conflict which killed over 200,000 civilians.
Watch the analysis of the trauma to the skeleton of Richard the III done by the University of Leicester. Richard III was the King of England 1483-1485, he was killed at the battle of Bosworth Field during the final battle of the Roses.
Although they are a bit dated, the FilmRISE series Skeleton Stories shows real forensic anthropologists work real cases. There are 13 episodes to the series.