The distribution of mercury and other trace elements in the bones of two human individuals from medieval Denmark - the chemical life history hypothesis

Heritage Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rasmussen, Kaare L ^a   Skytte, Lilian ^a   Pilekær, Christian ^a   Lauritsen, Anne ^a   Boldsen, Jesper L ^a   Leth, Peter M ^a   Thomsen, Per O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b Arkæologi Sydfyn ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chemical life history; Human bones; Medieval; Mercury; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894445930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20507445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2050-7445-1-10     Document Type: Article

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