Solubilities of bone mineral from archaeological sites: The recrystallization window

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 867-882

  Berna, Francesco ^a   Matthews, Alan ^b   Weiner, Stephen ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bone; Carbonated apatite; Diagenesis; Hydroxyl apatite; Recrystallization; Solubility

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 3042702591     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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