Mercury in archaeological human bone: biogenic or diagenetic?

Mercury in archaeological human bone: biogenic or diagenetic?

We investigated mercury (Hg) in human bone from archaeological sites in the Iberian Peninsula where the cultural use of cinnabar (HgS) as a pigment, offering or preservative in burial practices has been documented from the 4th to 2nd millennia cal B.C. (Late Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age). Pr...

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Main Authors: Alderman, A. (Author), Brasso, R. (Author), Cambra-Moo, O. (Author), Emslie, S.D (Author), García Sanjuán, L. (Author), González Martín, A. (Author), McKenzie, A. (Author), Molina Moreno, M. (Author), Silva, A.M (Author), Taylor, A.R (Author), Valera, A. (Author), Vijande Vila, E. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Inc. 2019
Subjects:
archaeological evidence
biogenic material
bone
Bone remodeling
Bronze age
Bronze Age
Chalcolithic
cinnabar
Cinnabar
diagenesis
Iberia
Iberian Peninsula
mercury (element)
modeling
Neolithic
pigment
Pigments
scanning electron microscopy
SEM EDS
toxicity
Toxicity
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