ideas garnered by talking to my sweetheart, and reading today.
adipocere (wet & dry)
cadaverine
putresine
stages of decomposition
Cooling, Rigor Mortis, Post Mortem Lividity, Putrefaction(yucka), Adipocere, Mummification, Maceration, Vitreous potassium
“incorruptable saints” – “iceman”, peat bog mummies
modern civilization likely has been possible partly because of adipocere- it is theorized that a significant portion of the world’s petroleum owes as it’s source, the soapy, waxy, cheeselike substance. (oil, coal, natural gas…. thanks, corpses!)
Things you can make with waxy fluid remains –
Soap, candles, sealing wax, media for artwork, lubricating grease for axles.. (offshot to – lip gloss, floor wax, car polish, wood polish… )