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Bioavailable Sr and Pb isotope ratios of archaeological cattle bone from coastal India

Bioavailable Sr and Pb isotope ratios of archaeological cattle bone from coastal India

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Authors

Bidisha Dey , Supriyo Kumar Das, Kaushik Gangopadhyay, Tomoyuki Shibata, Masako Yoshikawa, Supriya Nandy, Arari Mukherjee Deshpande

Abstract

We present the first measurement of bioavailable strontium (87Sr/86Sr) and lead (206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb, and 208Pb/204Pb) isotope ratios from five cattle bones and one soil sample from Erenda, a chalcolithic site in coastal east India. Bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr of bones differ from that of the soil. A similar Pb isotope ratio of bones to the soil indicates an insignificant diagenesis and local origin of the cattle. Our result suggests a potential influence of marine Sr in modifying the bioavailable 87Sr/86Sr ratio, although the current coastline is 30 km from the site. The finding has implications in archaeological, geological, environmental and ecological research.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.31223/X5CD4G

Subjects

Biogeochemistry, Geochemistry

Keywords

Bioavailable Sr and Pb isotope, Cattle bone, soil, Coastal India, geoarchaeology, Mass Spectrometry

Dates

Published: 2023-04-28 23:13

Last Updated: 2023-10-21 01:08

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CC-BY Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International

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Data will be available upon formal acceptence of peer reviewed article