Mercury in human bones and burial context: an osteoarchaeological approach
The relationship between humans and mercury pollution is investigated from a paleo-pollution perspective. We study the mercury content variability in Roman and post-Roman individuals, the skeletal mercury variability, the role of bone components in bone mercury content, the burial soil mercury distr...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis doctoral |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2023 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Santiago de Compostela (USC) |
| Repositorio: | Minerva. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:minerva.usc.gal:10347/31064 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31064 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 240201 Archivos antropológicos 240401 Bioestadística |
| Sumario: | The relationship between humans and mercury pollution is investigated from a paleo-pollution perspective. We study the mercury content variability in Roman and post-Roman individuals, the skeletal mercury variability, the role of bone components in bone mercury content, the burial soil mercury distribution and the processes behind it, the bone-soil mercury relationship, and the role of skeletons and burial soil in mercury cycle. We confirmed skeletons as suitable paleo-archives, bodies as sources of mercury to the soil, that ante-mortem exposure affects intra- and inter-skeletal mercury variability, that context and location affect mercury burial distribution, the ante- and post-mortem origin of skeletal mercury, the minor role of soil on bone mercury, and that skeletons and burial soils play a role in mercury cycle. |
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