期刊
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 145, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2022.105646
关键词
Bioerosion; microCT; Diagenesis; Taphonomy; Mortuary archaeology; Bone histology; Histotaphonomy
资金
- University of Vienna
- European Union [649307]
- DEEPDEAD project [15.055]
Palaeoradiology, a minimally invasive alternative to traditional histological methods, is increasingly used in archaeological and forensic sciences to investigate bone microanatomy and its destruction. MicroCT scanning methods play an important role in taphonomic studies to better understand ancient mortuary practices. Recent research demonstrated the comparability of 2D virtual sections obtained by microCT scanning and physical sections for the evaluation and diagnosis of bioerosion in archaeological bone. Furthermore, volume image data obtained from tomographic methods enable the rendering and analysis of 3D models.
Palaeoradiology is increasingly being used in archaeological and forensic sciences as a minimally invasive alternative to traditional histological methods for investigating bone microanatomy and its destruction by diagenetic processes. To better understand ancient mortuary practices, taphonomic studies using microCT scanning methods are gaining an ever more important role. Recently it was demonstrated that 2D virtual sections obtained by microCT scanning of intact samples are comparable to physical sections for the rating and diagnosis of bioerosion in archaeological bone. Importantly, volume image data obtained from tomographic methods also allow the rendering and analysis of 3D models. Building on these methods we provide (1) detailed descriptions of bioerosion in 3D volume renderings, virtual sections, and traditional micrographs, and (2) accessible techniques for the visualization of bioerosion in skeletal samples. The dataset is based on twenty-eight cortical bone samples, including twenty femora (of which five are cremated), two ribs, two parietals, one mandibular ramus, one hu-merus, and two faunal long bones from five archaeological sites in Lower Austria dating from the Early Neolithic to the Late Iron Age. Notably, we reduce the need for time-consuming image segmentation by sequentially applying two noise-reducing, edge-preserving filters, and using an image-display transfer function that visualizes bioerosion, as well as Haversian and Volkmann canal structure and density in 3D. In doing so we are also able to visualize in 3D the invasion of canals by microbiota, which has previously only been reported in 2D sections. Unlike conventional thin sections, the 3D volume images shown here are easy to create and interpret, even for archaeologists inexperienced in histology, and readily facilitate the illustration and communication of micro-taphonomic effects.
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