庞贝的件:沉积后的方法见解
Llorenç Alapont1, Gianni Gallello1, Marcos Martinón-Torres2
1Department of Prehistory, Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
PloS one
|August 23, 2023
概括
调查庞贝的受害者,这项研究使用便携式X射线光在件上分析骨和石膏组成. 化学数据,结合人类学,表明窒息是死亡的可能原因,尽管后沉积变化.
科学领域:
- 生物考古学的生物考古学
- 法医人类学 法医人类学
- 材料科学 是一种材料科学.
背景情况:
- 公元79年维苏维埃火山喷发在庞培悲剧性地保存了受害者.
- 关于这些人的死亡原因的先前研究仍然没有确定性.
- 沉积后过程和石膏对骨遗骸的影响尚未得到充分评估.
研究的目的:
- 用便携式X射线光仪对庞贝件进行首次化学分析.
- 为了确定件中的骨头和石膏的元素组成.
- 通过将化学数据与人类学和地层学发现交叉引用来重建死亡前和死亡后的事件.
主要方法:
- 对来自Porta Nola的六个件和来自Terme Suburbane的一个件进行了人类学分析.
- 使用便携式X射线光 (pXRF) 的非侵入性化学分析.
- 与庞贝,罗马和瓦伦西亚的烧毁和埋葬的骨集合进行比较分析.
主要成果:
- 首次成功确定了骨头和石膏的元素概况.
- 确定了高温变化和沉积后的石膏污染.
- 这些因素使生物考古学分析复杂化,但并不排除解释.
结论:
- 窒息被支持为研究的庞贝受害者最可能的死亡原因.
- 这项研究强调了使用pXRF在古代遗迹生物考古研究中的挑战和潜力.
- 了解沉积后的变化对于准确解释灾难性事件的骨证据至关重要.
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