The use and abuse of cinnabar in Late Neolithic and Copper Age Iberia

In this study, total mercury (THg) was analyzed in archaeological human bone from 23 sites dating to between the Middle Neolithic and the Antiquity. A total of 370 individuals from individual or collective burials was sampled, mostly using cortical bone from the humerus. These individuals were recov...

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Main Author: Emslie, Steven D. (author)
Other Authors: Silva, Ana Maria (author), Valera, António Carlos (author), Vijande Vila, Eduardo (author), Melo, Linda (author), Curate, Francisco (author), Fidalgo, Daniel (author), Inácio, Nuno (author), Molina Moreno, María (author), Cambra‐Moo, Oscar (author), González Martín, Armando (author), Barroso‐Bermejo, Rosa (author), Montero Artús, Raquel (author), García Sanjuán, Leonardo (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Funerary sites
Human cortical bone
Late Prehistory
Total mercury
Toxicity
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17515
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/17515

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http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17515

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