Exhumations and hair

[jay dubaya]

A current project requires some in-depth knowledge of head hair and the buried dead. I understand the environment and soil ph can affect this and it’s timeframe for decay under differing conditions.
From all the burial returns I’ve seen over the years hair doesn’t get much mention when it comes to identification. It would be interesting to know how often hair is mentioned on burial returns. I’m   particularly interested in hair that may have changed colour due to the burial conditions and a timeframe from black to red hair on remains exhumed six years after burial.

I’ve tried Google but it’s a niche question and doesn’t really throw up much in the way of results. Hoping someone may be more knowledgeable and point me in the right direction for some hard evidence of this occurrence.

cheers, J 
 

[AOK4]

Interesting topic, I think this is more a question for forensic pathologists?

[FROGSMILE]

12 minutes ago, jay dubaya said:

A current project requires some in-depth knowledge of head hair and the buried dead. I understand the environment and soil ph can affect this and it’s timeframe for decay under differing conditions.
From all the burial returns I’ve seen over the years hair doesn’t get much mention when it comes to identification. It would be interesting to know how often hair is mentioned on burial returns. I’m   particularly interested in hair that may have changed colour due to the burial conditions and a timeframe from black to red hair on remains exhumed six years after burial.

I’ve tried Google but it’s a niche question and doesn’t really throw up much in the way of results. Hoping someone may be more knowledgeable and point me in the right direction for some hard evidence of this occurrence.

cheers, J 
 

A short online search found this pdf on the subject Jay that I hope might be of assistance to you:

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073823002347#:~:text=Another change noticed within blonde,(ante mortem) root bands.

Edited 3 September by FROGSMILE

[jay dubaya]

1 hour ago, AOK4 said:

Interesting topic, I think this is more a question for forensic pathologists?

Indeed it is Jan and one that may have a far reaching probability. I’ve a list of questions for a pathologist if anyone knows one…

[knittinganddeath]

Have you tried Google Scholar? This will give you hits for relevant scholarly articles, though it is fairly frustrating without the ability to pay for access to the journals (usually through a uni, sigh).

[jay dubaya]

1 hour ago, FROGSMILE said:

A short online search found this pdf on the subject Jay that I hope might be of assistance to you:

 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0379073823002347#:~:text=Another change noticed within blonde,(ante mortem) root bands.

Many that’s for that Frogsmile, it’s far more than i managed to find, a quick skim over and it appears to cover the subject. Best print that off for an afternoon read in the sun.

[jay dubaya]

6 minutes ago, knittinganddeath said:

Have you tried Google Scholar? This will give you hits for relevant scholarly articles, though it is fairly frustrating without the ability to pay for access to the journals (usually through a uni, sigh).

I’ve not ever heard of this before, I’ve found a few articles to follow up with my first search. Many thanks for the heads up knittinganddeath… an interesting handle

[FROGSMILE]

2 hours ago, jay dubaya said:

I’ve not ever heard of this before, I’ve found a few articles to follow up with my first search. Many thanks for the heads up knittinganddeath… an interesting handle

She’s deadly with more than knitting needles 🪡 I suspect…

[knittinganddeath]

The female of the species is always the more deadly!

[jay dubaya]

6 hours ago, knittinganddeath said:

The female of the species is always the more deadly!

On behalf of Mrs Dubaya and my 3 sisters, I can vouch for that