An investigation into the internal and external variables acting on crystallinity index using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy on unaltered and burned bone

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 168-174

  Thompson, T J U ^a   Islam, Meez ^a   Piduru, Kiran ^a   Marcel, Anne ^b  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Burned bone; C C; C P; Crystallinity Index; Diagenesis; FTIR

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CHLORINE; CHRONOLOGY; CRYSTALLINITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PRESERVATION; SAMPLING;

EID: 78650609678     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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