Human fossil bones: Archaeometric classification using chemometrics and thermogravimetry. Influence of skeleton fossilization and its anatomical parts
| Autor: | Federico Marini, Remo Bucci, Mauro Tomassetti, Alfredo Coppa, Luigi Campanella |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
archaeological bone finds classification
chemometrics human fossil bones principal component analysis (PCA) thermal analysis 010401 analytical chemistry Mineralogy 02 engineering and technology Fossil bone 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology Anatomical part 01 natural sciences Fossilization Skeleton (computer programming) 0104 chemical sciences Analytical Chemistry Thermogravimetry Chemometrics Paleontology 0210 nano-technology Spectroscopy Geology |
| Zdroj: | Microchemical Journal. 124:396-401 |
| ISSN: | 0026-265X |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.microc.2015.09.026 |
| Popis: | The results of the simultaneous application of thermogravimetry and chemometrics, which allowed differentiating, quickly and inexpensively, finds of very ancient human fossil bones (~ 6000 BC), from less ancient ones (some hundreds of years before and after Christ) are here shown. The main purpose of the present research was to highlight if the selection of one or another anatomical part of a fossil skeleton could influence the differentiation of the antiquity of bone finds provided by the chemometric–thermogravimetric approach. The results obtained have shown that the variability related to the selection of one or another anatomical part of the skeleton is practically irrelevant, if compared to that related to the ancientness of the skeleton investigated. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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