ABSTRACT
Archaeological remains can provide concrete cases, making it possible to develop, refine or validate medico-legal techniques. In the case of the so-called 'Joan of Arc's relics' (a group of bone and archaeological remains known as the 'Bottle of Chinon'), 14 specialists analysed the samples such as a cadaver X of carbonised aspect: forensic anthropologist, medical examiners, pathologists, geneticists, radiologist, biochemists, palynologists, zoologist and archaeologist. Materials, methods and results of this study are presented here. This study aims to offer an exploitable methodology for the modern medico-legal cases of small quantities of human bones of carbonised aspect.
Subject(s)
Bone and Bones/pathology , Cremation , Famous Persons , Forensic Anthropology/methods , Mummies/pathology , Animals , Bone and Bones/chemistry , Carbon Radioisotopes , Cats , Cooperative Behavior , DNA/isolation & purification , DNA Fingerprinting/methods , Elements , France , History, Medieval , Humans , Mass Spectrometry , Microscopy, Electron, Scanning , Polymerase Chain ReactionABSTRACT
Exceptional for several reasons: its structure (two Limoges plaques meant to decorate both sides of a purse); the scene showing Saint Cosmas placing small change in the hat extended to him by a beggar; the representation of Saint Damian before the shelves of a pharmacy.
