Conference
The isotopic composition and diagenesis of human bone from Teotihuacan and Oaxaca, Mexico
Abstract
We analyzed archaeological human bone from Teotihuacan and Oaxaca, dating from about 300 BC to 750 AD to distinguish ethnic groups within Teotihuacan using oxygen isotopes. Sixty-eight analyses of bone phosphate δ18O were made of 64 individuals. In addition to oxygen isotopic analysis, the bones were examined using FTIR spectra, with some additional DNAA and ICP-MS analyses. Little change occurs in the bone apatite until the amount of collagen …
Authors
Le Q. Stuart-Williams H; Schwarcz HP; White CD; Spence MW
Volume
126
Pagination
pp. 1-14
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 1996
DOI
10.1016/s0031-0182(96)00066-1
Conference proceedings
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Issue
1-2
ISSN
0031-0182