Susanne Turban-Just
Biographic Data
| ID | 4183005 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susanne Turban-Just |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susanne |
| FAMILY NAME | Turban-Just |
| SIGNATURE | TURBAN-JUST S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Modeling Protein Diagenesis in Ancient Bone: Towards a Validation of Stable Isotope Data
Modern mammalian bone was experimentally inoculated with soil bacteria to induce protein diagenesis. The protein relics extracted from these bones were compared with degraded protein from archaeological human bone. Protein identification was done by gel electrophoresis and amino acid analyses, whereby non-proteinogenetic amino acids were especially monitored. We present a model for microbial collagen break-down and the resulting consequences for …
Amino acid composition of degraded matrix collagen from archaeological human bone
In relation to specific burial conditions, the degree of preservation of archaeological bone collagen shows significant variation which cannot be discerned sufficiently by histological inspection. Thus the validity of archaeometric data cannot be confirmed as such and further proof is required. This study deals with diagenetic modifications of extractable collagen from archaeological human bones (14 skeletal series from various locations, inhumat…
In Vitro Decomposition of Bone Collagen by Soil Bacteria: The Implications for Stable Isotope Analysis in Archaeometry
To understand biogenic collagen type I decomposition and to establish how diagenesis may bias archaeometric data, modern mammalian bone was inoculated with a selection of ubiquitous soil bacteria. The presence of exogenous microbial biomass in the inoculated specimens was then checked microscopically prior to collagen extraction. The experimentally degraded bone collagen showed altered amino acid compositions, attributable to the selective breakd…
Molecular preservation and isotopy of Mesolithic human finds from the Ofnet cave (Bavaria, Germany)
Favourable burial conditions and self-limiting decomposition processes led to an extraordinarily well molecular preservation of the Mesolithic human skull finds from the Ofnet cave (district Nördlingen, Bavaria). Beyond the extraction of bone collagen, a selection of serum proteins from bone was identified immunologically. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from collagen gave clues to dietary behaviour including nursing practices. Divergin…
Study on the biogenic decomposition of human bone collagen
Serum Proteins in Archaeological Human Bone
Research on the decomposition of bone collagen offers the key to a wealth of hidden information, for instance, to understanding palaeoclimatic conditions; habitat-specific parameters such as altitude; and for the reconstruction of palaeodiet and subsistence patterns. Radiocarbon dating, one of the most commonly used geochronological techniques is also preferentially carried out on bone collagen. Because negatively charged ions, and especially pho…
Post mortem reconstruction of metabolic rates by histomorphometry of archgaeological human compact bones
Histomorphometry of archaeological human bone permits the invivo-reconstruction of bone physiology as well as a quantification of the typical age changes in compact bone. Compact bone samples from 31 well preserved metatarsalia and one metacarpus of excavated adult male skeletons from early-mediaval site of Altenerding (administrative district Erding, Upper Bavaria), were cut into thin sections, whose microstructural components were measured hist…
In Vitro Decomposition of Bone Collagen by Soil Bacteria: The Implications for Stable Isotope Analysis in Archaeometry
To understand biogenic collagen type I decomposition and to establish how diagenesis may bias archaeometric data, modern mammalian bone was inoculated with a selection of ubiquitous soil bacteria. The presence of exogenous microbial biomass in the inoculated specimens was then checked microscopically prior to collagen extraction. The experimentally degraded bone collagen showed altered amino acid compositions, attributable to the selective breakd…
Amino acid composition of degraded matrix collagen from archaeological human bone
In relation to specific burial conditions, the degree of preservation of archaeological bone collagen shows significant variation which cannot be discerned sufficiently by histological inspection. Thus the validity of archaeometric data cannot be confirmed as such and further proof is required. This study deals with diagenetic modifications of extractable collagen from archaeological human bones (14 skeletal series from various locations, inhumat…
Molecular preservation and isotopy of Mesolithic human finds from the Ofnet cave (Bavaria, Germany)
Favourable burial conditions and self-limiting decomposition processes led to an extraordinarily well molecular preservation of the Mesolithic human skull finds from the Ofnet cave (district Nördlingen, Bavaria). Beyond the extraction of bone collagen, a selection of serum proteins from bone was identified immunologically. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from collagen gave clues to dietary behaviour including nursing practices. Divergin…
Study on the biogenic decomposition of human bone collagen
Post mortem reconstruction of metabolic rates by histomorphometry of archgaeological human compact bones
Histomorphometry of archaeological human bone permits the invivo-reconstruction of bone physiology as well as a quantification of the typical age changes in compact bone. Compact bone samples from 31 well preserved metatarsalia and one metacarpus of excavated adult male skeletons from early-mediaval site of Altenerding (administrative district Erding, Upper Bavaria), were cut into thin sections, whose microstructural components were measured hist…
Serum Proteins in Archaeological Human Bone
Research on the decomposition of bone collagen offers the key to a wealth of hidden information, for instance, to understanding palaeoclimatic conditions; habitat-specific parameters such as altitude; and for the reconstruction of palaeodiet and subsistence patterns. Radiocarbon dating, one of the most commonly used geochronological techniques is also preferentially carried out on bone collagen. Because negatively charged ions, and especially pho…
In Vitro Decomposition of Bone Collagen by Soil Bacteria: The Implications for Stable Isotope Analysis in Archaeometry
To understand biogenic collagen type I decomposition and to establish how diagenesis may bias archaeometric data, modern mammalian bone was inoculated with a selection of ubiquitous soil bacteria. The presence of exogenous microbial biomass in the inoculated specimens was then checked microscopically prior to collagen extraction. The experimentally degraded bone collagen showed altered amino acid compositions, attributable to the selective breakd…
Molecular preservation and isotopy of Mesolithic human finds from the Ofnet cave (Bavaria, Germany)
Favourable burial conditions and self-limiting decomposition processes led to an extraordinarily well molecular preservation of the Mesolithic human skull finds from the Ofnet cave (district Nördlingen, Bavaria). Beyond the extraction of bone collagen, a selection of serum proteins from bone was identified immunologically. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from collagen gave clues to dietary behaviour including nursing practices. Divergin…
Study on the biogenic decomposition of human bone collagen
Amino acid composition of degraded matrix collagen from archaeological human bone
In relation to specific burial conditions, the degree of preservation of archaeological bone collagen shows significant variation which cannot be discerned sufficiently by histological inspection. Thus the validity of archaeometric data cannot be confirmed as such and further proof is required. This study deals with diagenetic modifications of extractable collagen from archaeological human bones (14 skeletal series from various locations, inhumat…
Modeling Protein Diagenesis in Ancient Bone: Towards a Validation of Stable Isotope Data
Modern mammalian bone was experimentally inoculated with soil bacteria to induce protein diagenesis. The protein relics extracted from these bones were compared with degraded protein from archaeological human bone. Protein identification was done by gel electrophoresis and amino acid analyses, whereby non-proteinogenetic amino acids were especially monitored. We present a model for microbial collagen break-down and the resulting consequences for …
Biology (7 works) · Chemistry (6 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (6 works) · Biochemistry (4 works) · Amino acid (3 works) · Anatomy (3 works) · Biochemistry (3 works) · Bone and Dental Protein Studies (3 works) · Chromatography (3 works) · Decomposition (3 works)