Evidence of physico-chemical and isotopic modifications in archaeological bones during controlled acid etching

Archaeometry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 329-336

  Balter, V ^a   Saliege J F ^b   Bocherens, H ^b   Person, A ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon and oxygen isotopes; Carbonate hydroxylapatite; Chemical pretreatment; Diagenesis; Palaeoecology; Quaternary bones and teeth; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIAGENESIS; ETCHING; FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; PALEOECOLOGY; TOOTH;

EID: 0036668896     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00065     Document Type: Article

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