COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY OF LATE BRONZE AGE CREMATION URNS FROM DENMARK: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP METHODS APPLIED IN BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL CREMATION RESEARCH
In: Archaeometry, Jg. 54 (2012), S. 369-387
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To improve the methods used to study prehistoric cremation rituals, cremation urns from the Danish Late Bronze Age were examined using computed tomography and computed radiography (digital X-ray). During micro-excavation, the digital images were used as a registration tool. Our results suggest that osteological ageing and sexing are more accurate when combining CT images with excavated remains. Digital volume rendering further enables a compromised estimation of the original cremation weight. Micro-excavation is clearly a primary cause of bone fragmentation. Cremated remains affected by lower cremation intensity show markedly poorer preservation and recovery than do white calcined fragments. Thus post-excavation estimations of cremation intensity are systematically biased.
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COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED RADIOGRAPHY OF LATE BRONZE AGE CREMATION URNS FROM DENMARK: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY ATTEMPT TO DEVELOP METHODS APPLIED IN BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL CREMATION RESEARCH
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | HARVIG, L ; LYNNERUP, N ; AMSGAARD EBSEN, J |
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Zeitschrift: | Archaeometry, Jg. 54 (2012), S. 369-387 |
Veröffentlichung: | Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
Umfang: | print; 19; 1 p.3/4, 2 |
ISSN: | 0003-813X (print) |
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