Seeing the Google doodle today I see that x-rays are 115 years old today. Happy birthday x-rays!
X-rays can be really useful for conservators working with most any type of material, but particularly archaeological finds, and they have been used extensively during the work in the CSI: lab. You can read more about the use of x-rays in an earlier post. This post, however, is a gallery of just some of the x-rays that have been taken for objects in the lab – most are swords.
OK, the last one isn’t one of ours, but it’s pretty cool.
If you want to find out more about x-rays have a look at the links below.
English Heritage Guidelines on the X-radiography of archaeological metalwork
Also, kind of related to x-rays and bones (…well bones at least), is Paul Evans’ blog ‘Osteography‘. I noticed this advertised in the corridor at university and it appears to be quite interesting, so well worth having a look at. Have a look also at his earlier project, ‘Origin 09‘.
CSI: Sittingbourne 