Detailed Information on Publication Record
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.Basic information
Original name
The Application of Scanning Electron Microscopy with Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Spectroscopy (SEM-EDX) in Ancient Dental Calculus for the Reconstruction of Human Habits
Authors
FIALOVÁ, Dana (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution), Radim SKOUPÝ (203 Czech Republic), Eva DROZDOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Aleš PATÁK (203 Czech Republic), Jakub PIŇOS (203 Czech Republic), Lukáš ŠÍN (203 Czech Republic), Radoslav BEŇUŠ (703 Slovakia) and Bohuslav KLÍMA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)
Edition
Microscopy and Microanalysis, New York, Cambridge University Press, 2017, 1431-9276
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Článek v odborném periodiku
Field of Study
10700 1.7 Other natural sciences
Country of publisher
United States of America
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Impact factor
Impact factor: 2.124
RIV identification code
RIV/00216224:14310/17:00098960
Organization unit
Faculty of Science
UT WoS
000419002200016
Keywords in English
ancient dental calculus; SEM-EDX; human habits; the Great Moravian Empire; Napoleonic Wars
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 13/4/2018 16:26, doc. PhDr. Bohuslav Klíma, CSc.
Abstract
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.