Quantifying histological changes in archaeological bones using BSE-SEM image analysis

Archaeometry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 461-468

  Turner Walker, G ^a   Syversen, U ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioerosion index; Bone diagenesis; BSE SEM; Calcium; Histological destruction; Phosphate ratio; Wharram percy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOEROSION; BONE; CALCIUM; DIAGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0036668907     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00078     Document Type: Article

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