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Record 1 2015-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Archaeology
CONT

When dating unburnt bone, bone collagen, the organic fraction of the bone, is used. ... Structural carbonate in the mineral fraction of the bone, however, survives the cremation process. [Researchers] developed a method of dating cremated bone by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), using this carbonate fraction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Archéologie
CONT

La pratique funéraire qui consistait à transformer les cendres en poussières était la plus luxueuse, et celle des os crématisés était la plus basse de gamme.

Spanish

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