Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 44, Issue -, Pages 343-352Publisher
BLACKWELL PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00067
Keywords
archaeological bone; diagenesis; preservation in situ; archaeological heritage management; histology
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To make preservation in situ a serious option for the management of archaeological sites, research has to be done on the factors affecting conservation of different archaeological materials including bone. A European project has been started which deals with bone degradation in a multidisciplinary way. The goals of the project are to develop techniques to describe the preservation of archaeological bone, to make a classification of soil environments according to their preservation potential and to detect what factors in the environment of the bone affect its conservation. One technique used in this project to determine the state of preservation of archaeological bone is histology. The relevance of this technique for archaeological heritage management research is discussed.
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