A new approach for assessing the preservation state of bone and collagen for isotopic analysis (radiocarbon dating, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes)
A new approach for assessing the preservation state of bone and collagen for isotopic analysis (radiocarbon dating, carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes)
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DOI:
10.1016/j.anthro.2005.06.005
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2005-07-01
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0.5
通讯作者:
Moussa, I
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作者:
Bocherens, H;Drucker, D;Moussa, I
Measuring the amounts of nitrogen and carbon in small quantities of ancient bones before radiocarbon dating using elemental analysis is a way to quantify the amount of preserved collagen and the quantity of exogenous contaminating carbon. Such a measurement can be performed on a large number of samples and allows to sort out the specimens with the best preserved collagen, those with the most carbon contamination, and eventually to infer relationships between burial conditions and collagen preservation. This approach is most interesting as a preliminary method to use before attempting radiocarbon dating using accelerator mass spectrometry of bone collagen. (c) 2005 Elsevier SAS. Tons droits reserves.