Melanie Schröder

Boiled or not boiled? – D-aspartic acid in bone proteins as proof of a burial “more teutonico”?

Around the 12th/thirteenth century, a burial method called "more teutonico" was used for the remains of high-ranking individuals who had died far from their homeland and had to be brought back for burial. Before transportation, the bodies or body parts were boiled (macerated) to...