Diagenesis in bone and enamel apatite carbonate; The potential of density separation to assess the original composition

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1123-1130

  Shin, Ji Young ^a   Hedges, Robert E M ^b  

^a National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone carbonate; Bone collagen; Bone density fractionation; Radiocarbon dating; Stable isotope analysis; Tooth enamel carbonate; Validity testing

Indexed keywords

APATITE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BONE; CARBONATE; DIAGENESIS; DISSOLUTION; ENAMEL; RADIOCARBON DATING; STABLE ISOTOPE;

BOS;

EID: 84856389372     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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