Burned and buried: A vibrational spectroscopy analysis of burial-related diagenetic changes of heat-altered human bones.

Joana Rosa Ana Rita Vassalo Ana Amarante Luís A E Batista de Carvalho Maria Paula M Marques Maria Teresa Ferreira David Gonçalves

Published in: American journal of biological anthropology (2023)

Our results suggest that diagenesis can have an effect in bone's molecular composition. However, these effects do not seem to significantly affect the conclusions that can be taken from the analysis of infrared bone spectra, at least in the case of inhumations with a duration of 5 years or less.

Keyphrases

bone mineral density
endothelial cells
density functional theory
soft tissue
single molecule
bone loss
bone regeneration
high resolution
induced pluripotent stem cells
molecular dynamics simulations
heat stress
body composition
raman spectroscopy
drug induced