Alterations of in vivo elemental dietary signatures in archaeological bone

Evidence from the Roonka Flat Dune, South Australia

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6038291
AutoresF Donald Pate (0000-0002-0238-0217, Division of Anthropology South Australian Museum Adelaide SA 5000), John T Hutton (Department of Physics University of Adelaide Adelaide SA 5001), Richard A Gould (Department of Anthropology Brown University Providence RI 02912 U.S.A.), Graeme L Pretty (Division of Anthropology South Australian Museum Adelaide SA 5000)
Año1991
Volumen26
Número2
Páginas58-69
Fecha de publicación1991-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeology in Oceania/Archæology & physical anthropology in Oceania (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0728-4896 • E-ISSN: 1834-4453
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/j.1834-4453.1991.tb00264.x
OpenAlexW2158464226
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas59

Thermogravimetric and multi‐element analyses of archaeological human rib and modem mammal controls from the lower Murray River region of South Australia indicate that magnesium, strontium, and barium concentrations in the archaeological bone have been altered significantly by post‐mortem chemical reactions in the burial environment. Ionic exchanges between soil solution and buried bone resulted in lower bone magnesium concentrations and higher bone strontium and barium concentrations. Much of the remaining magnesium is associated with diagenetic calcite. Although the archaeological bone exhibits increased hydroxyapatite crystal size, the strontium and barium increases are not correlated with crystal growth. The complex interactions of these post‐depositional chemical processes will complicate attempts to reconstruct in vivo elemental values from archaeological bone

Archaeology · Barium · Bone ash · Calcite · Calcium · Diagenesis · Geochemistry · Geography · Human bone · Magnesium · Metallurgy · Mineralogy · Sedimentary depositional environment · Strontium · Trace element · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Materials Science · Geology · Inorganic Chemistry · Paleontology