Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?. Wilson, L. & Pollard, A M.
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The factors which influence the survival or otherwise of archaeological materials in the burial environment must be understood to allow systematic interpretation of the archaeological record. Studies of post-depositional change, or diagenesis, are therefore essential. The dynamic nature of terrestrial burial environments and the complexity of aqueous fluid-mediated transformation mechanisms have hindered detailed diagenetic research to date. The novel use of integrated experimental and geochemical modelling strategies has the potential to make progress towards a quantified understanding of the diagenesis of inorganic and bioinorganic archaeological materials. We describe current work which is attempting to develop this approach.
@article{wilson_here_nodate,
	title = {Here {Today}, {Gone} {Tomorrow}?},
	abstract = {The factors which influence the survival or otherwise of archaeological materials in the burial environment must be understood to allow systematic interpretation of the archaeological record. Studies of post-depositional change, or diagenesis, are therefore essential. The dynamic nature of terrestrial burial environments and the complexity of aqueous fluid-mediated transformation mechanisms have hindered detailed diagenetic research to date. The novel use of integrated experimental and geochemical modelling strategies has the potential to make progress towards a quantified understanding of the diagenesis of inorganic and bioinorganic archaeological materials. We describe current work which is attempting to develop this approach.},
	language = {en},
	author = {Wilson, Lyn and Pollard, A Mark},
	pages = {13},
}

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