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Yesterday's hair--human hair in archaeology

No / 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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/10960
Date10 1900
CreatorsWilson, Andrew S., Dixon, Ronald A., Dodson, Hilary I., Janaway, Robert C., Pollard, A. Mark, Stern, Ben, Tobin, Desmond J.
Source SetsBradford Scholars
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, No full-text in the repository

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