Spectrographic analysis of trace elements in archaeological skeletal material from Florida

A preliminary report

Datos Bibliográficos

ID8312005
AutoresM Iscan (0000-0003-2261-8218, Florida Atlantic University, autor de correspondencia), Mehmet Yaşar Işcan, Morton H Kessel (Florida Atlantic University), Susanna Marits (Florida Atlantic University)
Año1989
Volumen79
Número4
Páginas483-488
Fecha de publicación1989-08-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330790405
PMID2672831
OpenAlexW2087722991
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas5

Technological advances have resulted in the development of an additional approach to determining the dietary practices of prehistoric populations. Bones are known to retain certain trace elements, the analysis of which should yield valuable clues to subsistence. Since there has never been a study of this nature attempted on Indian remains in Florida, a qualitative trace element analysis, using an optical emission spectrograph, was made of bone samples from indigenous populations representing both inland and coastal environments in this region. Results of this study showed that magnesium was present in all samples, copper was present in nearly half the samples, and manganese and zinc were not detected. Thus, although the diets of these groups may have varied, the trace element content did not reflect significant differences as have been reported for other types of analyses on Indian populations from diverse geographic regions

Archaeology · Geography · Linguistics · TRACE (psycholinguistics) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · History · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology