Investigation of chemical changes in bone material from South African fossil hominid deposits

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-115

  Kuczumow, A ^a   Cukrowska, E ^b   Stachniuk, A ^a   Gaweda, R ^c   Mroczka, R ^a   Paszkowicz, W ^d   Skrzypiec, K ^e   Falkenberg, R ^f   Backwell, L ^b  

^a JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^e MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bone; Eh pH diagrams; Raman microscopy; X ray diffraction; X ray microprobes

Indexed keywords

BONE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HOMINID; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AUSTRALOPITHECUS AFRICANUS; HOMINIDAE;

EID: 70449534690     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.020     Document Type: Article

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