This review describes advances in the XRF group of techniques published approximately
between April 2018 and March 2019. The review is selective with the aim of providing a …

Objectives In modern bone biology, the term “remodeling” generally refers to internal bone
turnover that creates secondary osteons. However, it is also widely used by skeletal …

This report describes the analysis of 20 human scalp hairs, and one facial hair, found
attached to bristles of a hairbrush recovered during underwater archaeological investigation …

Given their strong affinity for the skeleton, trace elements are often stored in bones and teeth
long term. Diet, geography, health, disease, social status, activity, and occupation are some …

This study aims to investigate the potential of portable X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
(pXRF) for identifying pathological conditions in archaeological human skeletal remains …

Variation in the trace element chemistry of cortical bone microstructure is delineated for
interred and non-interred human femora. This was done to investigate the range of element …

Bones represent a valuable biological archive of environmental lead (Pb) exposure for
modern and archaeological populations. Synchrotron radiation X-ray fluorescence imaging …

On 24 May 1847, Sir John Franklin's third expedition reported “All well”, but less than a year
later, on 22 April 1848, the 129 sailors who had set out from Britain on Erebus and Terror …

We present a workflow to non-destructively determine the elemental compositions of internal
volumes of interest enclosed within complex-shaped objects, by combining 3D X-ray or …

Three trace elements in human bones permit the delineation of temporal and social
variability among medieval to early modern Danes in what they ate (strontium, Sr) and …