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Trace Elements in Environmental History

Proceedings of the Symposium held from June 24th to 26th, 1987, at Göttingen

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1988

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  1. Gisela Grupe

    1. Institut für Anthropologie der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Bernd Herrmann

    1. Institut für Anthropologie der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

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Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences (LIFE SCIENCES)

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Table of contents (15 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-X
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  2. Chemical Stability of Hydroxyapatite under Different Conditions

    • Heinrich Newesely
    Pages 1-16

  3. Methodical Aspects of the Determination of Pb, Cd and Mn in Foetal Bone

    • M. Hedrich, U. Rösick, P. Brätter, R. L. Bergmann, K. E. Bergmann
    Pages 17-25

  4. Alteration of Chemical Composition of Fossil Bones by Soil Processes and Groundwater

    • C. T. Williams
    Pages 27-40

  5. Multielementary Analysis of Trace Elements and Preliminary Results on Stable Isotopes in Two Italian Prehistoric Sites. Methodological aspects

    • Paolo Francalacci, Silvana Borgognini Tarli
    Pages 41-52

  6. Discrimination Factors on Different Trophic Levels in Relation to the Trace Element Content in Human Bones

    • Lex Runia
    Pages 53-66

  7. Trace Elements in Human Teeth

    • Theya Molleson
    Pages 67-82

  8. Chemical Analysis of Human Dental Enamel from Archaeological Sites

    • V. Vernois, M. Ung Bao, N. Deschamps
    Pages 83-90

  9. Trace Element Content in Prehistoric Cremated Human Remains

    • Bernd Herrmann, Gisela Grupe
    Pages 91-101

  10. Trace Element Contaminations in Excavated Bones by Microorganisms

    • Gisela Grupe, Hermann Piepenbrink
    Pages 103-112

  11. Trace Element Analysis of Human Hair

    • K. Dörner
    Pages 113-123

  12. The Heavy Metal Burden in Ancient Societies

    • Tony Waldron
    Pages 125-133

  13. Soil Features and Human Health

    • Iain Thornton
    Pages 135-144

  14. The Bioavailability of Trace Elements and Age-Specific Trace Element Metabolism

    • H. Zumkley, C. Spieker
    Pages 145-150

  15. The Diagnosis of Disease by Element Analysis

    • O. Oster
    Pages 151-165

  16. Proposals and Recommendations of the Conference Concerning Future Work on Trace Elements

    • Gisela Grupe
    Pages 167-168

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 169-174
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About this book

This book contains the contributions to an European symposium on "Trace Elements in Environmental History", held from June 24th to 26th at GCittingen, FRG. The confe­ rence was organised by the Institute of Anthropology of the Georg August-University in GCittingen. At first glance, it might be surprising that the organizers are anthropolo­ gists. But this is a result of change of paradigm prehistoric anthropology is facing at the time. For decades, population development and population processes in the past have been looked at in terms of morphology, thus describing the diversity of human populations by the outer appearance of the skeletal findings and by the reconstruction of population structures. The new approach concentrates less on how people in the past looked like, but moreover on what they did and how they lived. Thus, research is based on ecosystem-theories, and it aims on the evaluation of ancient ecological features and past man/environment relationships. Research is encouraged since anthropologists are asked a lot of questions by historians and social scientists, who became more and more interested in the history of every day's life. Prehistoric anthropology today focu­ ses also on manners, habits, ways of life and environmental constituents as they can be traced from skeletal remains, which represent an important historical source. The ecosystemic approach is promising since the experiences of daily life certainly influence human behaviour, life style and mentality, thus directing reproduction and therefore population development.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut für Anthropologie der Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

    Gisela Grupe, Bernd Herrmann

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