Yesterday's hair--human hair in archaeology.

Autor: Wilson AS; Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP, UK. a.s.wilson2@bradford.ac.uk, Dixon RA, Dodson HI, Janaway RC, Pollard AM, Stern B, Tobin DJ
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biologist (London, England) [Biologist (London)] 2001 Oct; Vol. 48 (5), pp. 213-7.
Abstrakt: Hair removed from archaeological burials can tell us a lot about the diet and lifestyle of our ancestors--information that may survive because of the unique biology of hair formation. But hair is also biodegradable and the effects of time and burial conditions can result in conflicting evidence of past lives.
Databáze: MEDLINE