LEAD IN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SAMPLES - AN ISOTOPIC STUDY BY ICP-MS

被引：28

作者：

GHAZI, AM

机构：

[1] Department of Geology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln

来源：

APPLIED GEOCHEMISTRY | 1994年 / 9卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1016/0883-2927(94)90023-X

中图分类号：

P3 [地球物理学]; P59 [地球化学];

学科分类号：

0708 ; 070902 ;

摘要：

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) has been used to measure the concentration and isotopic composition of Pb in archaeological human and animal skeletal remains, soil from a village site of the Omaha tribe (U.S.A.) and cosmetic pigments. Lead concentrations in human bones from the Omaha tribe vary between 4.8 and 2570 mug/g, with younger people having the highest concentrations. Lead concentrations in animal bones from an Omaha village vary between 0.6 and 3.7 mug/g, and those of three soil samples range between 18 and 21 mug/g. Lead concentrations found in human bones from Anasazi (Utah, U.S.A.) and Alta (Peru) populations vary between 0.7 and 3.2 mug/g. Isotope ratios of a reagent grade Pb(NO3)2 solutions were measured by thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), as well as by ICP-MS to provide laboratory reference materials. The accuracy of the ICP-MS measurements relative to TIMS for the standard solution were found to be within 0.02-0.31% for Pb-206/Pb-204, 0.02-0.55% for Pb-207/Pb-204, and 0.16-0.56% for Pb-208/Pb-204. The precision of measurements on artifacts was 0.42-0.65% for Pb-206/Pb-204 and 0.41-0.62% for Pb-207/Pb-204, whereas the precision for the same ratios for the bones was 0.85-1.8 and 0.82-1.67%, respectively. For the cosmetic lead-bearing pigments, a precision of 0.07-0.15% was found for both Pb-206/Pb-204 and Pb-207/Pb-204 ratios. Lead isotope ratios of artifacts give a radiogenic Pb signature, of which three are close to signatures from Pb-Zn mines of the central U.S. region. Lead isotope ratios of the pigments give non-radiogenic Pb signatures. Lead isotope ratios of the bones differ from those of the artifacts, and although similar in isotopic ratio to the pigments, they are more scattered, suggesting potential mixing of Pb from different regions.

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页码：627 / 636

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