Forensic anthropological (the study of skeletonized remains in medico-legal settings) analyses and reports include diverse information that may help in establishing identifications, cause or manner of death determinations, taphonomic (post-death decay, destruction, or burial) alterations, or other circumstances involving decedents.
Case reporting practices in forensic anthropology are largely not standardized
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