The impact of moderate heating on human bones: an infrared and neutron spectroscopy study
العنوان: | The impact of moderate heating on human bones: an infrared and neutron spectroscopy study |
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المؤلفون: | L. A. E. Batista de Carvalho, Stewart F. Parker, David Gonçalves, Eugénia Cunha, Maria Paula M. Marques |
المصدر: | Royal Society Open Science, Vol 8, Iss 10 (2021) Royal Society Open Science |
بيانات النشر: | The Royal Society, 2021. |
سنة النشر: | 2021 |
مصطلحات موضوعية: | INS, forensic and archaeological sciences, Multidisciplinary, Infrared, Science, chemistry.chemical_element, Infrared spectroscopy, FTIR-ATR, Neutron spectroscopy, Chemistry, chemistry.chemical_compound, chemistry, human bones, Environmental chemistry, Boiling, Oxidizing agent, aerobic versus anaerobic heating, moderate heating, Cyanamide, Anaerobic exercise, Carbon, Research Articles |
الوصف: | This study aims to analyse human bones exposed to low/medium temperatures (200–650°C) under experimentally controlled conditions, both oxidizing and reducing, using complementary optical and neutron vibrational spectroscopy techniques. Clear differences were observed between the aerobically and anaerobically heated bones. The organic constituents disappeared at lower temperatures for the former ( ca 300°C), while they lingered for higher temperatures in anaerobic environments ( ca 450–550°C). Unsaturated non-graphitizing carbon species (chars) were detected mainly for anaerobically heated samples, and cyanamide formation occurred only at 650°C in reducing settings. Overall, the main changes were observed from 300 to 400°C in anaerobic conditions and from 450 to 500°C in aerobic environments. The present results enabled the identification of specific spectroscopic biomarkers of the effect of moderate temperatures (less than or equal to 650°C) on human bone, thus contributing to a better characterization of forensic and archaeological skeletal remains subject to heating under distinct environmental settings. In particular, these data may provide information regarding cannibalism or ancient bone boiling and defleshing rituals. |
تدمد: | 2054-5703 |
URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::edd04d6821cf157f7473f78c2ecd4739 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.210774 |
حقوق: | OPEN |
رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....edd04d6821cf157f7473f78c2ecd4739 |
قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
تدمد: | 20545703 |
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