The 'relics of Joan of Arc': a forensic multidisciplinary analysis.
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.
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Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology, University Hospital Raymond Poincaré (AP-HP, UVSQ), Garches, France. ph_charlier@yahoo.fr
Poupon
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Gilbert
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Huynh-Charlier
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Loublier
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Verhille
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Moulheirat
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Patou-Mathis
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Robbiola
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Montagut
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Masson
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Etcheberry
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Brun
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Willerslev
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de la Grandmaison
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D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D002415:Cats; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055700:Cremation; D004247:DNA / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods; D004602:Elements; D005197:Famous Persons; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000379:methods*; D005602:France; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D009106:Mummies / Q000473:pathology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction
D002250:Carbon Radioisotopes; D004602:Elements; D004247:DNA