1.Introduction -- 2. Basics of Human Osteology and Odontology -- 3. Establishing the Forensic Context -- 4. Recovery Scene Methods -- 5. Estimating Time Since Death -- 6. Initial Treatment and Examination -- 7. Attribution of Ancestry -- 8. Attribution of Sex -- 9. Estimation of Age at Death -- 10. Calculation of Stature -- 11. Death, Trauma, and the Skeleton -- 12. Projectile Trauma -- 13. Blunt Trauma -- 14. Sharp and Miscellaneous Trauma -- 15. Antemortem Skeletal Conditions -- 16. Postmortem Changes to Bone -- 17. Additional Aspect of Individualization -- 18. Identification Using Antemortem Records -- 19. Conclusion.