| Abstract: |
This case study deals with the recovery of collagen break-down products from a badly preserved bone from the site of Minshat Abu Omar, eastern Nile delta. The organic remains had been sealed into a hardly soluble mineral matter, which was the result of decomposition, recrystallization and structural reorganization of the bones mineral matrix. An explanation for the succession of protein degradation and preservation, including preferential loss of individual amino acids, is suggested. In addition, the results show that the term NCP is probably insuYciently defined for archaeological bone.
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