* Provides nearly 300 full-color illustrations of both common and unique taphonomic affects to bones, derived from actual forensic cases
* Presents new research including experimentation on recovery rates during surface search, timing of marine alterations; trophy skulls; taphonomic laboratory and field methods; laws regarding the relative timing of taphonomic effects; reptile taphonomy; human decomposition; and microscopic alterations by invertebrates to bones
* Explains and illustrates common taphonomic effects and clarifies standard terminology for uniformity and usage within in the field.
