RT Dissertation/Thesis
T1 Mercury in human bones and burial context: an osteoarchaeological approach
A1 Álvarez Fernández, Noemi
K1 mercury
K1 pollution
K1 skeletons
K1 osteoarchaeology
K1 soil/sediments
K1 diagenesis
K1 PLS-R
K1 PLS-SEM
AB The relationship between humans and mercury pollution is investigated froma paleo-pollution perspective. We study the mercury content variability in Roman and post-Roman individuals, theskeletal mercury variability, the role of bone components in bone mercury content, the burial soil mercurydistribution and the processes behind it, the bone-soil mercury relationship, and the role of skeletons and burial soilin mercury cycle. We confirmed skeletons as suitable paleo-archives, bodies as sources of mercury to the soil, thatante-mortem exposure affects intra- and inter-skeletal mercury variability, that context and location affect mercuryburial distribution, the ante- and post-mortem origin of skeletal mercury, the minor role of soil on bone mercury, andthat skeletons and burial soils play a role in mercury cycle.
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31064
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10347/31064
LA eng
DS Minerva
RD 24 abr 2026