A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new date. In many ways the interpretation is much the same as before: a local big man buried looking out to sea. Modern analytical techniques can create a person more real, more human and more securely anchored in history. This research team shows how.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/4605 |
Date | January 2010 |
Creators | Melton, N., Montgomery, Janet A., Knüsel, Christopher J., Batt, Catherine M., Needham, S., Parker Pearson, M., Sheridan, A. |
Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Article, not applicable paper |
Relation | http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/084/0796/ant0840796.pdf |
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