Application of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics for the discrimination of human bone remains from different archaeological sites in Turkey

Bayari S., ÖZDEMİR K., Sen E. H., Araujo-Andrade C., ERDAL Y. S.

SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY, vol.237, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 237
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.118311
  • Journal Name: SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA PART A-MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, Chimica, Compendex, EMBASE, INSPEC, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Keywords: Archaeological bone, Diagenesis, ATR-FTIR, Crystallinity, mineral, PCA, TRANSFORM INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPY, VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY, CARBONATE IONS, TRACE-ELEMENTS, DIAGENESIS, CRYSTALLINITY, PRESERVATION, TISSUE, RECRYSTALLIZATION, QUANTIFICATION
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Examining diagenetic parameters such as the organic carbonate contents and the crystallinity of bone apatite quantify the post-mortem alteration of bone. Burial conditions are one of the factors that can influence the diagenesis process. We studied the changes to the organic and mineral components and crystallinity of human bone remains from five Medieval sites in Turkey: Hakemi Use, Komana, Iznik, Oluz Hoyuk and Tasmasor using Attenuated Total Reflectance Fourier TransformInfrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) and principal component analysis (PCA).