An understanding of the structural complexity of mineralised tissues is fundamental for
exploration into the field of diagenesis. Here we review aspects of current and past research …

This overview is a summary of the state of understanding of processes and states in bone
diagenesis, as seen from a chemical perspective. It deals with the significance and …

The Archaeology of Human Bones provides an up to date account of the analysis of human
skeletal remains from archaeological sites, introducing students to the anatomy of bones …

Practical and Theoretical Geoarchaeology, Second Edition, provides an invaluable and
vastly updated overview of geoarchaeology and how it can be used effectively in the study of …

If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then
three pathways of diagenesis are identified:(1) chemical deterioration of the organic …

List of figures p. ix List of tables p. xii Preface p. xiii Part I The Role of Analytical Chemistry in
Archaeology p. 1 1 Archaeology and Analytical Chemistry p. 3 1.1 The history of analytical …

We have measured a suite of “diagenetic parameters” for several populations of
archaeological bones buried in a number of northwest European sites since the last Ice Age …

Four diagenetic parameters have been chosen to represent the state of diagenesis of bone
buried on archaeological sites. They are: histological preservation, protein content …

As part of an EU funded project to investigate the factors influencing bone preservation in
the archaeological record, more than 250 bones from 41 archaeological sites in five …

The use of stable carbon isotopic analysis of bone apatite to reconstruct prehistoric diets is
hindered by the possibility of diagenetic alteration of carbonate during burial. We examine …