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The Carbon Origin of Structural Carbonate in Bone Apatite of Cremated Bones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mark Van Strydonck ,
Mathieu Boudin  and
Guy De Mulder
Mark Van Strydonck*
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Mathieu Boudin
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubelpark 1, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Guy De Mulder
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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In order to reveal a possible carbon exchange between carbon dioxide of the fuel and the bone apatite during the cremation process an experiment was set up using fossil fuel. Two setups were constructed, one using natural gas and one using coal. In both experiments, a carbon substitution in the apatite was revealed.

Type
Bone Dating and Paleodiet Studies
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 52 , Issue 2: 20th Int. Radiocarbon Conference Proceedings , 2010 , pp. 578 - 586
Copyright
Copyright © 2010 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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