On the possibilities of ICP-AES for analysis of archaeological bones

Abstract

The possibility of using inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES) to determine the elemental composition of archaeological bones elements was evaluated and discussed. The interferences of the major elements (Ca, P, K, Na, Al and Fe) on the microelements (Ba, Cd, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Zn) were investigated and the appropriate analytical lines were selected. The role of di¬erent nebulizers (cross-®ow, Babington and Meinhard) on detection limits were investigated. The applicability of the proposed procedure was demonstrated analyzing IAEA-SRM-H-5 (Animal bone); and authentic bone sample dating back to the 4 th century BC. These results were compared to ETAAS and ICP-MS.

Spatially Resolved Strontium Isotope Micro-Analysis of Lower and Middle Palaeolithic Fauna from Archaeological Sites in Israel and Southern France

“…Faunal samples for laser ablation analysis are prepared by cutting them longitudinally with a dental saw and smoothing the surface with P800 sandpaper before being cleaned by being wiped with acetone. Following this 197 preparation, they are mounted in a sample holder using blue tack as shown in This technique has been applied to archaeology for the elemental analysis of a range of materials, including bone (Zlateva et al 2003), clay (Paama et al 2000), copper ingots (Klemenc et al 1999), earth floors (Middleton and Price 1996), gold , hearth fuel (Pierce et al 1998), pottery (Bruno et al 2000;Mirti et al 1994), soil Wells 2004), stoneware (Grave et al 2005), teeth (Webb et al 2005) and wood (Durand et al 1999).…”

On the use of trace elements in ancient necropolis studies: Overview and ICP-MS application to the case study of Valdaro site, Italy

“…Several techniques were employed to analyse bones: an overview can be found in Table 1. mineral structure and organic content infrared spectroscopy [30][31][32][33][34] X-ray diffraction [7,[31][32][33]35] thermogravimetry [7,36,37] quantitative elemental analysis atomic spectroscopy techniques [7,28,29,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48] particle induced X-ray and gamma-ray emission [17,32,[49][50][51][52] X-ray fluorescence [4,9,15,35,53] neutron activation analysis [7,8,54,55] inductively coupled mass spectrometry [1,7,18,28,42,…”

Forensic analysis by solid sampling electrothermal vaporization coupled to inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry

“…Mineralized tissue, such as bone, contains distributions of elements that are indicators of diet, disease, metabolism, and nutrition. [90][91][92] Elements such as Sr, Ba, Cu, Zn, and V have been found to be important correlates of dietary input when measured in bone. 91,92 This was demonstrated in a study of rat bone, 92 where elevated or depressed levels of Ba and Sr correlated to primary diets of protein, fat, and fibre.…”

“…[90][91][92] Elements such as Sr, Ba, Cu, Zn, and V have been found to be important correlates of dietary input when measured in bone. 91,92 This was demonstrated in a study of rat bone, 92 where elevated or depressed levels of Ba and Sr correlated to primary diets of protein, fat, and fibre. As remarked, some elements ''translate faithfully from diet to bone'', 92 which provides researchers with a simple biological marker for exogenous elements.…”