Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of ancient human dental calculus treated by chemical conservation

FIALOVÁ, Dana, Eva DROZDOVÁ, Radim SKOUPÝ and Petr MIKULÍK. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of ancient human dental calculus treated by chemical conservation. In 16th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. 2014.

Basic information

• Original name: Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis of ancient human dental calculus treated by chemical conservation
• Authors: FIALOVÁ, Dana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Eva DROZDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Radim SKOUPÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution) and Petr MIKULÍK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: 16th Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, 2014.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Conference abstract
• Field of Study: Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• WWW: URL
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14310/14:00078637
• Organization unit: Faculty of Science
• Keywords in English: anthropology; scanning electron microscopy; ancient; human; dental calculus; chemical conservation; Great Moravian Empire

Abstract

This research serves a new possibility to analyse ancient human dental calculus treated by chemical conservation. Because of different features and behaviour due to electron dose it is possible to distinguish layer of chemicals from native texture and fragments.

Links

• CZ.1.05/1.1.00/02.0068, interní kód MU: Name: CEITEC - středoevropský technologický institut (Acronym: CEITEC)

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, 1.1 European Centres of Excellence

• EE2.4.31.0155, research and development project: Name: Partnerství a sítě pro spolupráci v experimentální biologii
• MSM0021622427, plan (intention): Name: Interdisciplinární centrum výzkumů sociálních struktur pravěku až vrcholného středověku. Archeologický terénní a teoretický výzkum, využití přírodních věd, metodologie a informatika, ochrana kulturního dědictví

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR