Chemical analysis of bone material as an aid to the discernment of horizontal stratigraphy

• Author / Creator

  Kowal, Walter Anthony.

• Masters thesis. Argues that differential chemical alteration of bone parent material can be used to gauge the length of exposure to the forces of weathering. Muskox bone from site PjRa-18, Banks Island was analyzed.

• Subjects / Keywords

  • Kuptana Site (PjRa-18) (Banks Island, N.W.T.)
  • Archaeology--Northwest Territories--Banks Island--Methodology
  • Animal remains (Archaeology)--Northwest Territories--Banks Island
  • Bones
  • Banks Island (N.W.T.)--Antiquities
  • Atomic emission spectroscopy

• Graduation date

  1986

• Type of Item

  Thesis

• Degree

  Master of Arts

• DOI

  https://doi.org/10.7939/R30P0X149

• License

  This thesis is made available by the University of Alberta Libraries with permission of the copyright owner solely for non-commercial purposes. This thesis, or any portion thereof, may not otherwise be copied or reproduced without the written consent of the copyright owner, except to the extent permitted by Canadian copyright law.