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Investigating history mysteries
—Woolf, Alex, 1964-
2004

Book

Discusses how different forensic science techniques can be used to investigate some historical mysteries.

Item Details

ISBN:

  • 1403454701
  • 1403448302

Description: 48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.

Contents:

  • Clues from the past
  • What is forensic science?
  • From hand trowels to DNA fingerprinting - A history of forensic archeology
  • The Piltdown Man
  • The vikings that vanished
  • How did the Inuit women die?
  • Witches and rye
  • The incorruptibles
  • The Vinland map
  • The Turin shroud
  • Medieval warefare - myth and reality
  • Human sacrifice
  • Footprints from the Ice Age
  • Solve it!
  • Glossary
  • Further reading
  • Index

LCCN: 2003018156

Control Number: 1892310

Publisher: Chicago : Heinemann Library, [2004]
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