Microbial attack of archaeological bones versus high concentrations of heavy metals in the burial environment. A case study of animal bones from a mediaeval copper workshop in Paris

Katharina Müller (1) , Céline Chadefaux (2) , Nicolas Thomas (3, 4) , Ina Reiche (1)

1 LAMS - Laboratoire d'Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale
2 C2RMF - Centre de recherche et de restauration des musées de France
3 LAMOP - Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris
4 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Archaeology and Prehistory

Katharina Müller, Céline Chadefaux, Nicolas Thomas, Ina Reiche. Microbial attack of archaeological bones versus high concentrations of heavy metals in the burial environment. A case study of animal bones from a mediaeval copper workshop in Paris. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 2011, 310 (1-2), pp.39 - 51. ⟨10.1016/j.palaeo.2011.03.023⟩. ⟨hal-01766847⟩