An elemental analysis of archaeological bone from Sicily as a test of predictability of diagenetic change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312665 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Linda L Klepinger (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), John K Kuhn, Wendell S Williams (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 325-331 |
| Publication date | 1986-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330700307 |
| PMID | 3752229 |
| OpenAlex | W2055858420 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 15 |
Corticalhuman bone samples from three tightly dated components of a single Sicilian sitewere chemically analyzed employing the highly sensitive technique of inductivelycoupled plasma emission spectroscopy. Although the skeletons appeared to beexcellently preserved, significant diage‐nesis was detected. Moreover, amajority of the elements tested showed no constant or linear variation overtime, implying that diagenetic change tends not to be a predictable function of duration of interment. Variation among major long bones of a single skeleton wasquite high, as was variation across the cortex. The latter may reflect chemicalinhomogeneity in bone tissue or may be an artifact of postmortem change. Theresults demonstrate the hazards of unsuspected and unpredictable diagenesis, which must be controlled before reliable dietary inferences can be drawn
Artifact (error) · Biology · Diagenesis · Mineralogy · Skeleton (computer programming) · Anatomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Neuroscience · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,63 |
| Citation span | 1986 - 2021 (36) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |