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The Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) in Ancient Dental Calculus for the Reconstruction of Human Habits
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SYSNO ASEP 0482374 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title The Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) in Ancient Dental Calculus for the Reconstruction of Human Habits Author(s) Fialová, D. (CZ)
Skoupý, Radim (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Drozdová, E. (CZ)
Paták, Aleš (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Piňos, Jakub (UPT-D) RID, ORCID, SAI
Šín, L. (CZ)
Beňuš, R. (SK)
Klíma, B. (CZ)Number of authors 8 Source Title Microscopy and Microanalysis. - : Cambridge University Press - ISSN 1431-9276
Roč. 23, č. 6 (2017), s. 1207-1213Number of pages 7 s. Publication form Print - P Language eng - English Country US - United States Keywords ancient dental calculus ; SEM-EDX ; human habits ; the Great Moravian Empire ; Napoleonic Wars Subject RIV JA - Electronics ; Optoelectronics, Electrical Engineering OECD category Electrical and electronic engineering R&D Projects LO1212 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) ED0017/01/01 GA MŠMT - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports (MEYS) Institutional support UPT-D - RVO:68081731 UT WOS 000419002200016 EID SCOPUS 85034613010 DOI 10.1017/S1431927617012661 Annotation The great potential of scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) is in detection of unusual chemical elements included in ancient human dental calculus to verify
hypotheses about life and burial habits of historic populations and individuals. Elemental spectra were performed from archeological samples of three chosen individuals from different time periods. The unusual presence of magnesium, aluminum, and silicon in the first sample could confirmthe hypothesis of high degree of dental abrasion
caused by particles from grinding stones in flour. In the second sample, presence of copper could confirm that bronze jewelery could lie near the buried body. The elemental composition of the third sample with the presence of lead and copper confirms the origin of individual to Napoleonic Wars because the damage to his teeth could be explained by the systematic utilization of the teeth for the opening of paper cartridges (a charge with a dose of gunpowder and a bullet), which were used during the 18th and the 19th century AD. All these results contribute to the reconstruction of life (first and third individual) and burial (second individual) habits of historic populations and individuals.Workplace Institute of Scientific Instruments Contact Martina Šillerová, sillerova@ISIBrno.Cz, Tel.: 541 514 178 Year of Publishing 2018
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