Paleodiet characterisation of an Etrurian population of Pontecagnano (Italy) by Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry (IRMS) and Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS)
| Autor: | Filippo Terrasi, Carla Scarabino, Gilda Fiengo, Detlef Rogalla, Antonio D'Onofrio, Antonio Proto, Isabella Passariello, Antonietta Fortunato, Mauro Rubino, Nicola De Cesare, Fabio Marzaioli, Carmine Lubritto, Gaetano Busiello, Davide Alfano, Carlo Sabbarese |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Scarabino, C., Lubritto, Carmine, Proto, A., Rubino, M., Fiengo, G., Marzaioli, Fabio, Passariello, I., Busiello, G., Fortunato, A., Alfano, D., Sabbarese, Carlo, Rogalla, D., DE CESARE, N., D'Onofrio, Antonio, Terrasi, Filippo |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Carbon-14
Population Carbon-13 Mass Spectrometry law.invention Inorganic Chemistry Isotopic signature law Environmental Chemistry Humans Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry education Paleodiet General Environmental Science education.field_of_study Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) Chromatography Stable isotope ratio Chemistry Spectrophotometry Atomic Paleontology Nitrogen-15 Diet Ancient population Natural isotope variation Italy Environmental chemistry Atomic absorption spectroscopy Isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS) Accelerator mass spectrometry |
| Popis: | Human bones recovered from the archaeological site of Pontecagnano (Salerno, Italy) have been studied to reconstruct the diet of an Etrurian population. Two different areas were investigated, named Library and Sant’ Antonio, with a total of 44 tombs containing human skeletal remains, ranging in age from the 8th to the 3rd century B.C. This time span was confirmed by 14C dating obtained using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (AMS) on one bone sample from each site. Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS) was used to extract information about the concentration of Sr, Zn, Ca elements in the bone inorganic fraction, whilst stable isotope ratio measurements (IRMS) were carried out on bone collagen to obtain the δ13C and δ15N. A reliable technique has been used to extract and separate the inorganic and organic fractions of the bone remains. Both IRMS and AAS results suggest a mixed diet including C3 plant food and herbivore animals, consistent with archaeological indications. #Revised version of a paper presented at ... |
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