A new procedure for extraction of collagen from modern and archaeological bones for 14C dating

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 401, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2019-2023

  Maspero, F ^a   Sala, S ^a   Fedi, M E ^b   Martini, M ^a,c   Papagni, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b INFN SEZIONE DI FIRENZE   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeometry; Biological samples; Bones; Collagen; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURES; ARCHAEOMETRY; ATR-IR SPECTROSCOPY; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CHEMICAL PRE-TREATMENT; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; RADIOCARBON; RADIOCARBON DATING; SIDE EFFECT; WEAK ACIDS;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BONE; DISSOLUTION; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STRATIGRAPHY;

COLLAGEN;

CARBON; COLLAGEN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BONE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE AND BONES; CARBON RADIOISOTOPES; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; RABBITS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED;

EID: 80255135639     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-011-5252-4     Document Type: Article

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