Ultraviolet Fluorescence as a Means of Skeletal Identification
- 1 July 1965
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 31 (1) , 109-112
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2694031
Abstract
A short-wave ultraviolet-light source applied to human phalanges which have been soaked in a commercial ultraviolet-fluorescing pigment allows for rapid and fairly accurate discrimination between individuals obtained from the same archaeological site. The technique is useful in discriminating between sites to a lesser extent.Keywords
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