1. Bioavailable Sr and Pb isotope ratios of archaeological cattle bone from coastal India.
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Dey, Bidisha, Das, Supriyo Kumar, Gangopadhyay, Kaushik, Shibata, Tomoyuki, Yoshikawa, Masako, Nandy, Supriya, and Deshpande Mukherjee, Arati
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STRONTIUM isotopes ,CATTLE ,ENVIRONMENTAL research ,STRONTIUM ,GEOLOGICAL research ,LEAD ,SOIL sampling - Abstract
We present the first measurement of bioavailable strontium (
87 Sr/86 Sr) and lead (206 Pb/204 Pb,207 Pb/204 Pb, and208 Pb/204 Pb) isotope ratios from five cattle bones and one soil sample from Erenda, a Chalcolithic site in coastal east India. Bioavailable87 Sr/86 Sr of bones differ from that of the soil. A similar Pb isotope ratio of bones to the soil indicates insignificant diagenesis and local origin of the cattle. Our result suggests a potential influence of marine Sr in modifying the bioavailable87 Sr/86 Sr ratio, although the current coastline is 30 km from the site. The finding has implications in archaeological, geological, environmental and ecological research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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