Exceptional preservation of a prehistoric human brain from Heslington, Yorkshire, UK

Archaeological work in advance of construction at a site on the edge of York, UK, yielded human remains of prehistoric to Romano-British date. Amongst these was a mandible and cranium, the intra-cranial space of which contained shrunken but macroscopically recognizable remains of a brain. Although t...

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Published in:	Journal of archaeological science Vol. 38; no. 7; pp. 1641 - 1654
Main Authors:	O’Connor, Sonia, Ali, Esam, Al-Sabah, Salim, Anwar, Danish, Bergström, Ed, Brown, Keri A., Buckberry, Jo, Buckley, Stephen, Collins, Matthew, Denton, John, Dorling, Konrad M., Dowle, Adam, Duffey, Phil, Edwards, Howell G.M., Faria, Elsa Correia, Gardner, Peter, Gledhill, Andy, Heaton, Karl, Heron, Carl, Janaway, Rob, Keely, Brendan J., King, David, Masinton, Anthony, Penkman, Kirsty, Petzold, Axel, Pickering, Matthew D., Rumsby, Martin, Schutkowski, Holger, Shackleton, Kimberley A., Thomas, Jerry, Thomas-Oates, Jane, Usai, Maria-Raimonda, Wilson, Andrew S., O’Connor, Terry
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01.07.2011 Elsevier
Subjects:	Adipocere Anthropological methods Brain tissue Burial environment Decapitation Human paleontology Methodology and general studies Prehistory and protohistory Putrefaction Waterlogging United Kingdom Great Britain Europe Burial environment Putrefaction Decapitation Waterlogging Brain tissue Adipocere Burial Brain Preservation Skull Histology Human remain
ISSN:	0305-4403, 1095-9238
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