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Green fluorescence from the hair of Lindow Man

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Gerald J. Smith
Gerald J. Smith*
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Industrial Research Institute, PO Box 31310, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
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It has been suggested that the bright green fluorescence shown by the hair of Lindow Man II is due to the use of copper-based pigments for body decoration. However, scientific analysis shows that this fluorescence is due to a natural reaction of the hair keratin with acid in the peat in which the body was buried.

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Antiquity , Volume 67 , Issue 254 , March 1993 , pp. 117 - 119
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1993

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