Intra-skeletal variability in trace elemental content of Precolumbian Chupicuaro human bones: The record of post-mortem alteration and a tool for palaeodietary reconstruction

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1784-1797

  Maurer, A F ^a   Gerard, M ^b   Person, A ^a   Barrientos, I ^c   del Carmen Ruiz, P ^c   Darras, V ^d   Durlet, C ^e   Zeitoun, V ^f   Renard, M ^a   Faugere B ^d  

^a Sorbonne Universités   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c CEMCA Sierra Leona   (Mexico)

^d Asociated to Laboratoire Archéologie des Amériques   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Apatite; Chupicuaro; Diagenesis; Diet; Geochemistry; Hydrothermalism; Intra skeletal variability

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CALCITE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; DIET; GEOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; SKELETAL REMAINS; SKELETON; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACE ELEMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 79958754580     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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