Problems in determination of skeletal lead burden in archaeological samples: An example from the first African baptist church population

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 379-386

  Wittmers Jr , Lorentz E ^a   Aufderheide, A C ^a   Pounds, J G ^b   Jones, K W ^b   Angel, J L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Age and soil lead content; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Diagenesis; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BONE DESTRUCTION; BONE TISSUE; CHILD; DIAGENESIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEWBORN; POROSITY; POSTHUMOUS CARE; RELIGION; SOIL ACIDITY; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGING; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEAD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTUARY PRACTICE; PHILADELPHIA; PROTESTANTISM;

EID: 47749125757     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.20819     Document Type: Article

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