Forensic Recoveries of U.S. War Dead and the Effects of Taphonomy and Other Site-Altering Processes

Hard Evidence: Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 141-154

  Pokines, James T ^a,b,c  

^a POW MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory   (United States)

^b POW MIA Accounting Command Central Identification Laboratory   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

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EID: 84961867094     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315664057-15     Document Type: Chapter

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