Assessing pathological conditions in archaeological bone using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF)
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چکیده
• Potential new method for palaeopathological analysis. Assessment of pathological conditions using portable x-ray fluorescence. Impact diagenesis on trace elements in human skeletal remains. This study aims to investigate the potential X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (pXRF) identifying archaeological Bone element distribution relation known disease categories is analyzed pXRF from femora 73 individuals (34 adult; 39 non-adult) post-Medieval Coach Lane collection (Durham University). There were no significant differences elemental ratios with scurvy, rickets, and cribra orbitalia. alterations content observed syphilis (Mn/S, Mn/Cl, Ba/Cl) neoplastic (Ba/Sr, S/Sr, Mn/Fe, Zn/Cl). It likely that post-depositional diagenetic changes, potentially exacerbated by industrial location burial site, altered sampled thereby effectively obscured any changes detectable pXRF.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2352-4103', '2352-409X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.102980