Time Since Death in Bioarchaeology and Human Osteology

Forbes, S; Ueland, M

Time Since Death in Bioarchaeology and Human Osteology

Forbes, S

Ueland, M

Permalink

Publisher:: Springer
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Smith C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2018
Issue Date:: 2018-02-05

Closed Access

	Filename	Description	Size
	Time Since Death in bioarchaeology and human osteology.pdf	Published version	155.04 kB	Adobe PDF	View/Open

Copyright Clearance Process

Recently Added
In Progress
Closed Access

This item is closed access and not available.

Full metadata record

Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Forbes, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7416-0080	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ueland, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9155-3502	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Smith, C	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-02-05	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Smith C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology, 2018	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128772
dc.description.abstract	Time since death (TSD) is defined as the time frame between death and discovery of an organism. When estimated in an archaeological context, this time frame may be referred to as time since deposition and in a forensic context can be termed postmortem interval. Time since death cannot be established with certainty and for this reason is provided as an estimate of the range of time encompassing the period when death occurred. A shorter postmortem interval is typically associated with a narrower time range, while a longer postmortem interval has a broader time range and includes a wider margin of error. Presently, there is no single indicator which provides a reliable or accurate measure of the time since death of an organism.	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Smith C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/978-3-319-51726-1_218-2	en_US
dc.title	Time Since Death in Bioarchaeology and Human Osteology	en_US
dc.type	Chapter
utslib.for	0399 Other Chemical Sciences	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CFS - Centre for Forensic Science
utslib.copyright.status	closed_access
pubs.consider-herdc	false	en_US

Abstract:

Time since death (TSD) is defined as the time frame between death and discovery of an organism. When estimated in an archaeological context, this time frame may be referred to as time since deposition and in a forensic context can be termed postmortem interval. Time since death cannot be established with certainty and for this reason is provided as an estimate of the range of time encompassing the period when death occurred. A shorter postmortem interval is typically associated with a narrower time range, while a longer postmortem interval has a broader time range and includes a wider margin of error. Presently, there is no single indicator which provides a reliable or accurate measure of the time since death of an organism.

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item:

http://hdl.handle.net/10453/128772