Taphonomy postmortem interval

Love, J. C. and Marks, M. K. (2002). Taphonomy and time, estimating the postmortem interval, in Hard Evidence Case Studies in Forensic Anthropology (D. W. Steadman, Ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ Prentice Hall, 160-175. 

Decomposition is a complex process whereby the soft tissues disintegrate until skeletonization is achieved. The chemical process has been discussed extensively in previous chapters and will not be referred to here. The relationship of taphonomy to decomposition and the determination of postmortem interval is best summarized using the model proposed by Micozzi (1991) (Table 9.1). 

Table 9.1 Relation of Taphonomy to Traditional Determinations of Postmortem Interval...

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