Paleodietary Analysis of Human Remains from a Hellenistic-Roman Cemetery at Camihöyük, Turkey

Abstract

The presence of copper, zinc, magnesium, iron, lead, molybdenum, manganese and nickel was discovered on 22 human ribs in a Hellenistic-Roman cemetery located in the ancient city of Camihöyük, Turkey. The levels of each element found in the males were higher than those in females, except iron. Copper, magnesium, iron, molybdenum, and nickel levels were measured to be higher in the soil than in the skeletons, whereas the other elements were higher in the human skeletons. Lead was not traced in the soil, but on the skeletons. These individuals had probably been exposed to this element during their lives due to higher consumption of vegetables than meat.

Nuevos Datos Acerca De Las Prácticas Mortuorias Durante El Formativo en Quebrada Del Toro (Salta, Argentina) a Partir Del Uso De Meb-Edx Sobre Una Muestra Ósea Con Tinción Verde

“…La humedad y el dióxido de carbono resultantes de la descomposición de los cuerpos favorece la oxidación de los objetos de cobre y la formación de carbonatos de este mineral, conocidos como pátina; esta última se deposita sobre el hueso o se incorpora al mismo a través de los espacios porosos (Zapata Osorio 2012). La diagénesis es capaz también de alterar la hidroxiapatita, así como la concentración de elementos de la fracción inorgánica ósea (Carvalho et al 2004;Lambert et al 1984;Rasmussen et al 2019;Yusuf et al 2013). En este proceso, el cobre sustituye al calcio de los huesos, en cuyo caso se obtiene una coloración verde más grisácea, a diferencia de la depositación del carbonato de cobre que resulta en un color verde intenso o azulado (Zapata Osorio 2012).…”

“…Los altos valores de metales (Cu, Fe) obtenidos en restos anatómicos humanos a partir de análisis físico-químicos también suelen atribuirse a procesos diagenéticos (Armentano et al 2014;Fialová et al 2017;Güner et al 2011;Zimmermann y Yıldırım 2007), más que a hábitos en vida de las personas, justamente porque las concentraciones de dichos minerales en huesos y dientes son altamente sensibles al entorno (Djingova et al 2004;Lambert et al 1984;Millard 2006;Yusuf et al 2013).…”

Study of fossil bones by synchrotron radiation micro-spectroscopic techniques and scanning electron microscopy

“…The measurements at the electron storage ring BESSY II of the Helmholtz Zentrum Berlin and HASYLAB-DESY were financially supported by the European Community's Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement No. 226716.…”

“…Safont et al (1998) reported that Zn in fossil bones can be used to discriminate herbivorous from carnivorous animals. Various studies use Zn as a paleodietary indicator (Schutkowski et al, 1999;İzci et al, 2013;White & Schwarcz, 1989); however, its validity has been questioned (Ezzo, 1994a,b). The local maximum of the Zn concentration that was identified with the xrf 2 spectrum cannot (due to its extreme value) be attributed to pre-mortem Zn incorporation in the apatite structure but instead should be attributed to soil contamination.…”

Investigations of Osteobiography of the Koru Tumulus Skeletons by Elemental Analysis

“…Kemik apatitinden element analizi, hemen hemen tüm dünyada eski insanların geçim davranışlarını, büyüme süreçlerini ve kemiklerin geçirdiği gömü sonrası değişimleri anlamak için uygulanmıştır (Özdemir ve Erdal, 2009;Özdemir vd., 2010a, 2010bGüner vd., 2011Güner vd., , 2012Temiz, 2013;Çırak ve Akyol, 2014;Büyükkarakaya vd., 2017;Karagöz-Arıhan vd., 2017). Bu çalışmada, Koru Tümülüsü'nün farklı bölgelerinden ele geçmiş, ölüm yaşı, cinsiyeti ve patolojik durumları belirlenmiş dört insan iskeletinin maruz kaldığı gömü sonrası kimyasal değişim yoğunluğunu belirlemek öncelikli amaç olarak konmuştur.…”