Efecto de la diagénesis en la variación química e isotópica en huesos de ciervo (cervus elaphus) procedentes del yacimiento arqueológico de Santimamiñe
- Ortega Cuesta, Luis Ángel
- Zuluaga Ibargallartu, María Cruz
- Alonso Olazabal, Ainhoa
- Castaños Ugarte, Pedro María
- Castaños de la Fuente, Jone
- Olivares Zabalandicoechea, Maitane
- Murelaga Bereicua, Xabier
- Insausti Peña, Maite
- López Quintana, Juan Carlos
- Guenaga Lizasu, Amagoia
ISSN: 2341-3689
Year of publication: 2011
Issue: 1
Pages: 357-374
Type: Article
More publications in: Kobie .Bizkaiko Arkeologi Indusketak = Excavaciones Arqueológicas en Bizkaia
Abstract
This study assesses bone diagenesis degree and chemical changes associated to burial processes by means of chemical techniques and mineralogical analysis. To evaluate bone collagen degradation and secondary phases formation during bone diagenesis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) are used. During diagenesis bone chemical and isotopic composition variations occur. However, correlation between bone degradation and the chemical and isotopic variation was not observed in studied samples.