Changes in human bones boiled in seawater

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1072-1079

  Trujillo Mederos, Aioze ^a,b   Alemán, Inmaculada ^a   Botella, Miguel ^a   Bosch, Pedro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Boiling; Bone; Chlorine; Collagen; Deflesh; Diagenesis; Human; Hydroxyapatite; Marine environment; Salt water; Seawater; Sodium; Taphonomy; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BONE; CHLORINE; COLLAGEN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HOMINID; MORPHOLOGY; SEAWATER; TAPHONOMY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84856369274     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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