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Science (New York, N.Y.)
|April 6, 1990
Resumen
Las cáscaras de huevo de avestruz africano conservan residuos orgánicos, lo que permite una datación precisa de los sitios arqueológicos. Este método, basado en la racemicidad de aminoácidos, proporciona estimaciones de edad confiables para regiones tropicales y más frías.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Ciencias Arqueológicas Ciencia Arqueológica
- La paleocronología es paleocronología.
- Biogeoquímica La biogeoquímica es la bioquímica.
Sus antecedentes:
- Las cáscaras de huevo de avestruz son comunes en los sitios arqueológicos africanos.
- Retenen los residuos de la matriz orgánica mejor que otros tejidos calcificados durante la diagenesis.
- La racemización de aminoácidos en cáscaras de huevo ofrece una técnica potencial de datación.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para evaluar el potencial de las cáscaras de huevo de avestruz para la datación arqueológica.
- Para calibrar la velocidad de epimerización de L-isoleucina a D-alloisoleucina para la estimación de la edad.
- Para comparar las estimaciones de edad con los resultados de la datación por radiocarbono.
Principales métodos:
- Experimentos de simulación de laboratorio en cáscaras de huevo de avestruz.
- Análisis de la cinética de epimerización de la L-isoleucina.
- Calibración del método de datación para las variaciones locales de temperatura.
- Comparación de edades derivadas de las cáscaras de huevo con fechas de radiocarbono.
Principales resultados:
- Las cáscaras de huevo de avestruz exhiben una conservación superior de los residuos orgánicos.
- La tasa de epimerización de la L-isoleucina sigue una cinética reversible de primer orden.
- Las estimaciones de edad de las cáscaras de huevo son consistentes con las fechas de radiocarbono.
- La técnica proporciona edades exactas con un error de 1015%.
Conclusiones:
- La racemización de aminoácidos de la cáscara de huevo de avestruz es un método confiable para la datación de estratos arqueológicos.
- Esta técnica es aplicable a estratos de hasta 200.000 años de antigüedad en los trópicos y 1.000.000 de años en regiones más frías.
- La datación precisa es posible con una calibración adecuada para los efectos de la temperatura local.
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