“…The significance of diagenesis in trace element studies of bone is reflected by the amount written on it (e.g. Waldron et al, 1979;Waldron, 1981Waldron, , 1983Lambert et al, 1985Lambert et al, , 1989Lambert et al, , 1990Kyle, 1986;Klepinger, Kuhn & Williams, 1986;Grupe, 1988;Pate & Hutton, 1988;Price, 1989;Sillen, 1989;Price et al, 1992;Sandford, 1993;Edward & Benfer, 1993). Lead may be taken up by bone from soil, or leeched from bone, although there is some question about which takes primacy (compare Jaworowski, 1990: 176-181, with Patterson et al, 1987.…”