ABSTRACT

Lindow Man is the name given to a body excavated from a peat bog in Cheshire in 1984. After extensive scientific examinations were complete a conservation treatment was developed and carried out using parallels drawn from the conservation of water-logged wood and bone. It was decided that soaking in polyethylene glycol (PEG) solution followed by freeze-drying offered the best prospect of success and the optimum method of polymer impregnation was determined by experiments performed on artificially-aged pig skin. Following successful conservation, Lindow Man has been exhibited in various locations and some changes of the skin colour have occurred. This has been monitored and some experiments on accelerated light-ageing carried out on a detached sample. Several areas for future research have been identified; these include the stability of PEG, the change of appearance of conserved bog body skin, and new methods of conservation.

摘要

Lindow Man是1984年在柴郡从泥炭沼泽中挖掘出来的尸体的名字。经过广泛的科学检查，人们开发了一种防腐处理方法，并使用了从浸水的木材和骨头的防腐剂中提取的类似物。可以确定，将其浸泡在聚乙二醇（PEG）溶液中然后冷冻干燥可提供最佳的成功前景，并且通过在人工老化的猪皮上进行的实验确定了最佳的聚合物浸渍方法。在成功进行保护之后，林道曼（Lindow Man）已在各个地方展出，并且肤色发生了一些变化。对此进行了监视，并对分离的样品进行了一些加速光老化的实验。确定了未来研究的几个领域。这些包括PEG的稳定性，