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Total Body Score (TBS)

The Megyesi 2005 composite decomposition scoring system: head/neck (1-12) + trunk (1-12) + limbs (1-10), summed to give a score of 3 to 34 reflecting the overall decomposition state of surface-deposited remains.

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