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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Computed Tomography and Computed Radiography of late Bronze Age Cremation Urns from Denmark : An interdisciplinary attempt to develop methods applied in Bioarchaeological cremation research. / Harvig, Lise Lock; Lynnerup, Niels; Amsgaard Ebsen, Jannie.
I: Archaeometry, Bind 54, Nr. 2, 2012, s. 369-387.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Computed Tomography and Computed Radiography of late Bronze Age Cremation Urns from Denmark
T2 - An interdisciplinary attempt to develop methods applied in Bioarchaeological cremation research
AU - Harvig, Lise Lock
AU - Lynnerup, Niels
AU - Amsgaard Ebsen, Jannie
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - To improve 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 microexcavation, the digital images were used as 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 original cremation weight. Microexcavation is clearly a primary cause of bone fragmentation. Cremated remains affected by lower cremation intensity show markedly poorer preservation and recovery than white calcined fragments do. Thus post-excavation estimations of cremation intensity are systematically biased
AB - To improve 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 microexcavation, the digital images were used as 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 original cremation weight. Microexcavation is clearly a primary cause of bone fragmentation. Cremated remains affected by lower cremation intensity show markedly poorer preservation and recovery than white calcined fragments do. Thus post-excavation estimations of cremation intensity are systematically biased
U2 - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00629.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2011.00629.x
M3 - Journal article
VL - 54
SP - 369
EP - 387
JO - Archaeometry
JF - Archaeometry
SN - 0003-813X
IS - 2
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