Brief communication
Two and three‐dimensional analysis of bone mass and microstructure in a bog body from the Iron Age
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320272 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Arndt F Schilling (0000-0001-7022-1069, Universität Hamburg, corresponding author), Tobias Kummer (0000-0002-2420-7001, Universität Hamburg), Robert Percy Marshall (0000-0003-4247-1006, Universität Hamburg), Andreas Bauerochse (Lower Saxony State Museum), Eilin Jopp, Eilin Jopp-Van Well (0000-0002-8588-7338, Universität Hamburg), Klaus Pueschel (Universität Hamburg), Michael Amling (0000-0003-2382-8348, Universität Hamburg) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 135 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 479-483 |
| Publication date | 2008-04-01 |
| 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.20751 |
| PMID | 18000892 |
| OpenAlex | W2063618101 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 28 |
Human remains from peat bogs, called “bog bodies,” have yielded valuable insights into human history because of their excellent preservation of soft tissue. On the other hand, the acidic environment of the peat leads to an extensive demineralization of skeletal elements, complicating their analysis. We studied the skeleton of the bog body “Moora” dated to ∼650 B.C. Nondestructive evaluation of the bone was made using contact X‐rays, peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) analysis, multislice computed tomography (CT) and high resolution micro computed tomography (μCT) imaging. Two thousand seven hundred years in the acidic environment of the bog led to a loss of 92.7% of bone mineral density. Despite this demineralization and in contrast to other bog bodies, the spatial structure of the bones of “Moora” is exceptionally well preserved. We found Harris lines and were able to obtain the first three‐dimensional data on the trabecular microstructure of the bone of a young woman from the early Iron Age. Am J Phys Anthropol, 2008. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc
Archaeology · Bog · Computed tomography · Demineralization · Geography · Multislice computed tomography · Peat · Radiology · Anatomy · Dentistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Medicine · Paleopathology and ancient diseases · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2013 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |