Brief communication: Two and three-dimensional analysis of bone mass and microstructure in a bog body from the Iron Age.
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Brief communication: Two and three-dimensional analysis of bone mass and microstructure in a bog body from the Iron Age. / Schilling, Arndt; Kummer, Tobias; Marshall, Robert P; Bauerochse, Andreas; Jopp, Eilin; Pueschel, Klaus; Amling, Michael.
In: AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL, Vol. 135, No. 4, 4, 01.04.2008, p. 479-483.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Brief communication: Two and three-dimensional analysis of bone mass and microstructure in a bog body from the Iron Age.
AU - Schilling, Arndt
AU - Kummer, Tobias
AU - Marshall, Robert P
AU - Bauerochse, Andreas
AU - Jopp, Eilin
AU - Pueschel, Klaus
AU - Amling, Michael
N1 - (c) 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
PY - 2008/4/1
Y1 - 2008/4/1
N2 - Human remains from peat bogs, called "bog bodies," have yielded valuable insights into human history because of their excellent preservation of soft tissue. On the other hand, the acidic environment of the peat leads to an extensive demineralization of skeletal elements, complicating their analysis. We studied the skeleton of the bog body "Moora" dated to approximately 650 B.C. Nondestructive evaluation of the bone was made using contact X-rays, peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) analysis, multislice computed tomography (CT) and high resolution micro computed tomography (microCT) imaging. Two thousand seven hundred years in the acidic environment of the bog led to a loss of 92.7% of bone mineral density. Despite this demineralization and in contrast to other bog bodies, the spatial structure of the bones of "Moora" is exceptionally well preserved. We found Harris lines and were able to obtain the first three-dimensional data on the trabecular microstructure of the bone of a young woman from the early Iron Age.
AB - Human remains from peat bogs, called "bog bodies," have yielded valuable insights into human history because of their excellent preservation of soft tissue. On the other hand, the acidic environment of the peat leads to an extensive demineralization of skeletal elements, complicating their analysis. We studied the skeleton of the bog body "Moora" dated to approximately 650 B.C. Nondestructive evaluation of the bone was made using contact X-rays, peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) analysis, multislice computed tomography (CT) and high resolution micro computed tomography (microCT) imaging. Two thousand seven hundred years in the acidic environment of the bog led to a loss of 92.7% of bone mineral density. Despite this demineralization and in contrast to other bog bodies, the spatial structure of the bones of "Moora" is exceptionally well preserved. We found Harris lines and were able to obtain the first three-dimensional data on the trabecular microstructure of the bone of a young woman from the early Iron Age.
KW - Bone Density
KW - Bone and Bones
KW - Female
KW - Fossils
KW - Germany
KW - Humans
KW - Soil
KW - Tomography, X-Ray Computed
U2 - 10.1002/ajpa.20751
DO - 10.1002/ajpa.20751
M3 - SCORING: Journal article
C2 - 18000892
VL - 135
SP - 479
EP - 483
JO - AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL
JF - AM J PHYS ANTHROPOL
SN - 0002-9483
IS - 4
M1 - 4
ER -
