Soil interactions and collagen preservation in leather artefacts from Vindolanda, Northumberland

Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir; Gillian Taylor; Andrew Birley; Elizabeth Greene

Soil interactions and collagen preservation in leather artefacts from Vindolanda, Northumberland

Hrafnhildur Halldórsdóttir, Gillian Taylor, Andrew Birley, Elizabeth Greene

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Abstract

Vindolanda is a Roman fort site in Northern England, just south of Hadrian’s Wall. Vindolanda is known for exceptional leather preservation, attributed to a variety of agents such as high tannin concentration in the soil, anaerobic conditions and atypical soil chemistry. This poster presents first results from a laboratory-controlled burial experiment, investigating the relationship between the burial conditions at Vindolanda and leather collagen preservation, aiming to aid site-management and conservation processes.

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 25 Apr 2019
Event	United Kingdom Archaeological Sciences Conference 2019 - University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Apr 2019 → 26 Apr 2019

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Conference	United Kingdom Archaeological Sciences Conference 2019
Abbreviated title	UKAS 2019
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Manchester
Period	24/04/19 → 26/04/19

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Soil interactions and collagen preservation in leather artefacts from Vindolanda, Northumberland

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