Koon, H. E C., Nicholson, R. A. and Collins, M. J. (2003). A practical approach to the identification of low temperature heated bone using TEM. J Archaeol Sci 30 (11). Vol 30(11), pp. 1393-1399.
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A practical approach to the identification of low temperature heated bone using TEM | |||||||||||||
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J Archaeol Sci 30 (11) | |||||||||||||
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Journal of Archaeological Science | |||||||||||||
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30 (11) | |||||||||||||
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1393 - 1399 | |||||||||||||
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A previous Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) study showed that heat induced morphological changes to the collagen fibrils occur after low temperature heating of fish bone. This paper investigates whether these findings could be replicated on mammal bone. A series of experiments were carried out using sheep humeri. These results were compared with cooked and uncooked bones recovered from experimental burials, representing a variety of different environments (moorland, woodland and garden soil). Morphological changes to the fibrils were seen following only very mild heating events, such as short-term roasting of fleshed bone. However, similar changes were observed in unheated bone which had been buried in a low pH (3.5-4.5) soil for 7 years. Within a given burial cooked and uncooked bone was easily distinguishable. The technique, therefore, has direct application in forensic studies and may be of value in distinguishing heated from unheated bone within a given archaeological assemblage. | |||||||||||||
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2003 | |||||||||||||
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Author Keywords: Bone collagen fibrils; IR; Low temperature heating; TEM; Diagenesis; cooked bone | |||||||||||||
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28 Apr 2004 |