Changes in the metal content of human hair during diagenesis from 500 years, exposure to glacial and aqueous environments

Archaeometry

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 450-466

  Kempson, I M ^a,b   Skinner, W M ^a   Martin, R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Authigenesis; Degradation; Fossilization; Ice man; Icp ms; Kwaday dan ts'inchi; Sem edx; TAphonomy; TOf Sims

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; AUTHIGENESIS; FOSSILIZATION; HAIR; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; METAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TAPHONOMY;

EID: 77953750759     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2009.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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