These boots are made for burnin': Inferring the position of the corpse and the presence of leather footwears during cremation through isotope ( δ13C, δ18O) and infrared (FTIR) analyses of experimentally burnt skeletal remains - Salesse K, Stamataki E, Kontopoulos I, Verly G, Annaert R, Boudin M, Capuzzo G, Claeys P, Dalle S, Hlad M, de Mulder G, Sabaux C, Sengeløv A, Veselka B, Warmenbol E, Vercauteren M, Snoeck C.

Cremation is a complex mortuary practice, involving a number of activities of the living towards the dead before, during, and after the destruction of the bodily soft tissues by fire. The limiting information concerning these behavioral patterns obtained f...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news