Abstract
The soluble and exchangeable ions for a soil profile from the Roonka archaeological site. Lower Murray Basin, South Australia, are compared with the total elemental content of the soils. Since the chemical composition of post-mortem ionic substitution phases and secondary minerals in archaeological bone will depend on the availability of ions to the soil solution under field conditions, it is suggested that models addressing diagenesis in bone employ soluble and exchangeable ions rather than total elemental soil data.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 729-739 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Journal of Archaeological Science |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 1988 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- archaeological bone
- diagenesis
- exchangeable ions
- saturation extracts
- soil chemistry
- soluble ions