J 2017

The Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) in Ancient Dental Calculus for the Reconstruction of Human Habits

FIALOVÁ, Dana, Radim SKOUPÝ, Eva DROZDOVÁ, Aleš PATÁK, Jakub PIŇOS et. al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

The Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) in Ancient Dental Calculus for the Reconstruction of Human Habits

Autoři

FIALOVÁ, Dana (203 Česká republika, garant, domácí), Radim SKOUPÝ (203 Česká republika), Eva DROZDOVÁ (203 Česká republika, domácí), Aleš PATÁK (203 Česká republika), Jakub PIŇOS (203 Česká republika), Lukáš ŠÍN (203 Česká republika), Radoslav BEŇUŠ (703 Slovensko) a Bohuslav KLÍMA (203 Česká republika, domácí)

Vydání

Microscopy and Microanalysis, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 1431-9276

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

10700 1.7 Other natural sciences

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.124

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00098960

Organizační jednotka

Přírodovědecká fakulta

UT WoS

000419002200016

Klíčová slova anglicky

ancient dental calculus; SEM-EDX; human habits; the Great Moravian Empire; Napoleonic Wars

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 13. 4. 2018 16:26, doc. PhDr. Bohuslav Klíma, CSc.

Anotace

V originále

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.