From bone to ash: Compositional and structural changes in burned modern and archaeological bone

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 416, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-68

  Snoeck, C ^a   Lee Thorp, J A ^a   Schulting, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioapatite; Cremation; Infrared spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ASH; BONE; BURNING; CALCIFICATION; CARBONATE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EID: 84910662961     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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