Outputs (2)

The survival of organic matter in bone: A review (2002)
Journal Article
Collins, M., Nielsen-Marsh, C., Hiller, J., Smith, C., Roberts, J., Prigodich, R., …Turner-Walker, G. (2002). The survival of organic matter in bone: A review. Archaeometry, 44(3), 383-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00071

If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then three pathways of diagenesis are identified: (1) chemical deterioration of the organic phase; (2) chemical deterioration of the mineral phase; and (3) (micro) b... Read More about The survival of organic matter in bone: A review.

The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects (2002)
Journal Article
Roberts, S., Smith, C., Millard, A., & Collins, M. (2002). The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects. Archaeometry, 44(3), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00080

Cooking is perhaps the most common pre–burial taphonomic transformation that occurs to bone, yet it is still one of the least understood. Little progress has been made in determining a method of identifying cooked bone in the archaeological record, d... Read More about The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects.