CHE 113 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Palynology, Titanium Dioxide, Radiocarbon Dating
26 Feb 2015
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You can identify how hair was lost. Pulled hair- will have stretching and damage to the root area. Razor cut hair- the end will take shape of the scissors/razor. Hairs removed from a dead person has specific spots. Can help identify race of the hair owner. Color, diameter, shape or presence of delustering particles (titanium dioxide) Classified as regenerated fiber (derived from natural material- cellulose. More than 25 males strangled, bludgeoned or asphyxiated. Only clue was several bodies of the bodies had fiber threads and dog hair. Fibers were two distinct types- violet colored acetate fiber and coarse yellow-green nylon fiber associated with carpets. Policed searched his home and found the floors were covered in yellow-green carpeting and he had a dog. Based on the shape of the fiber, is how it identified. Fibers are woven together to make cloth. Different weaves = different types of cloth. In the cathedral of st. john the baptists.
