5463
Editor
Lambert, Joseph B.
Title Of Article Chaper
Analysis of soil associated with woodland burials
Title Of Journal Book
Archaeological chemistry - III
Pages
97-113
Collation
10 tables
Reference Bibliography
Includes 14 bibliog. refs.
Publisher
American Chemical Society
Publisher City
Washington
Language Of Text
English
Literature Type
Monograph
Literature Level
Analytic
Abstract
The chemical composition of soil surrounding the femurs of five human skeletons buried during the Middle Woodland Period in west-central lllinois has been analyzed in order to document the movement of specific chemical elements between soil and bone. The use of elemental composition of bone as a measure of ancient diet is predicated on the absence of appreciable elemental flux between soil and bone. See also AATA 16-1840 for related study and 21-1449 for reference to book.
Keywords
Soil, analysis; bone, human; bone, analysis -- ICCROM
pub_id
5463