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Ultraviolet Fluorescence as a Means of Skeletal Identification

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles E. Eyman
Charles E. Eyman*
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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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.

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American Antiquity , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , July 1965 , pp. 109 - 112
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Copyright © The Society for American Archaeology 1965

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