Trace element analysis of human bone from the prehistoric Moriori of the Chatham Islands, with special reference to diet

Horwood, Michelle

doi:10.1080/03036758.1989.10426456

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“…The observed differences in the ranges may be because of uneven distribution of strontium in geographical regions, dietary intake, age, sex and environmental factors. This explanation is supported by previous observation that trace elements concentrations may reflect age, sex and social status of individual [20]. Statistical evaluation of the levels of strontium by age, gender, diet, race and region will help to better understand the global distribution pattern.…”

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Quantitative Bioanalysis of Strontium in Human Serum By Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

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Aim:A bioanalytical method using inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry to measure endogenous levels of strontium in human serum was developed and validated.Results & methodology:This article details the experimental procedures used for the method development and validation thus demonstrating the application of the inductively-coupled plasma-mass spectrometry method for quantification of strontium in human serum samples. The assay was validated for specificity, linearity, accuracy, precision, recovery and stability. Significant endogenous levels of strontium are present in human serum samples ranging from 19 to 96 ng/ml with a mean of 34.6 ± 15.2 ng/ml (SD).Discussion & conclusion:Calibration procedures and sample pretreatment were simplified for high throughput analysis. The validation demonstrates that the method was sensitive, selective for quantification of strontium (88Sr) and is suitable for routine clinical testing of strontium in human serum samples.

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Quantitative Bioanalysis of Strontium in Human Serum By Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

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“…Canlı organizmanın metabolik aktivitesi için gerek duyulan elementler besinler aracılığıyla vücuda girer ve bunların büyük çoğunluğu kemiklerde birikir. Bu sebeple kemiklerdeki element düzeyleri eski toplumların diyetlerini araştırmada kullanılan oldukça önemli göstergelerdendir (Horwood, 1989;Molleson, 1990;Busetto vd., 2008;Özdemir, 2008;Çırak, 2010;Özdemir ve Erdal, 2012). Elementler üzerinde yapılan antropolojik çalışmalar, diyetin yanı sıra ekolojik ortam ve toplumsal özellikler üzerinden de eski toplumların yaşamlarının yeniden canlandırılmasına odaklanır (Aufderheide vd., 1985;Aufderheide, 1989).…”

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A Comparative Elemental Analysis on Human Skeletal Remains from Iasos (Early Byzantine) and Camihöyük (Hellenistic-Roman)

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Elemental analyses on skeletal remains provide nutrition models for ancient people and the ecological environment they live in, as well as the information on a variety of social issues. In this study conducted on Early Byzantine Iasos samples, it is aimed to discover differences such as diet, health, environmental features, economic structure and cultural patterns between diverse populations with element analysis method. For this purpose, the iron (Fe), copper (Cu), magnesium (Mg), manganese (Mn), molybdenum (Mo), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn) and nickel (Ni) levels were measured by Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) in the ribs of 36 individuals from Iasos. The data provided are compared with the Camihöyük findings from the Hellenistic-Roman period, which was published in a separate study. The evaluations on the measured element levels of the skeletal remains from the two two communities, where one is from a marine and the other is from a continental climate, have shown that Iasos people had a seafood-based, while Camihoyuk people had a cereal-based nutrition model. The accumulation of heavy metals such as lead in the bones is linked to the ecological environment and the cultural characteristics of the societies, such as the way they prepare food.

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Lapita People: an introductory context for skeletal materials associated with pottery of this cultural complex

Green¹

1989

Rec. Aust. Mus.

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Brace & Hinton, Terrell, and Houghton on the likely biological origins and affinities of populations which settled the geographic areas of Melanesia and Polynesia are outlined. They serve to highlight some of the background issues involved in a set of papers assembled here that constitutes the first thorough examination of human burials associated with the Lapita cultural complex. These are the only skeletal materials recovered so far from the Oceanic area to bear directly on the nature of the biological populations present in Island Melanesia and Western Polynesia 3,500 to 2,100 years ago and as such allow limited assessment of the different theories which to date have largely been derived from the analysis of either fairly recent palaeobiological evidence or from the study of still living populations.

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Trace element analysis of human bone from the prehistoric Moriori of the Chatham Islands, with special reference to diet

Cited by 4 publications

References 24 publications

Quantitative Bioanalysis of Strontium in Human Serum By Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

Quantitative Bioanalysis of Strontium in Human Serum By Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry

A Comparative Elemental Analysis on Human Skeletal Remains from Iasos (Early Byzantine) and Camihöyük (Hellenistic-Roman)

Lapita People: an introductory context for skeletal materials associated with pottery of this cultural complex

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