New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones
<h4>Rationale</h4> <p>For radiocarbon results to be accurate, samples must be free of contaminating carbon. Sample pre-treatment using an HPLC approach has been developed at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) as an alternative to conventional methods for dating heavily...
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| author | Deviese, T Comeskey, D McCullagh, J Ramsey, C Higham, T |
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| description | <h4>Rationale</h4> <p>For radiocarbon results to be accurate, samples must be free of contaminating carbon. Sample pre-treatment using an HPLC approach has been developed at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) as an alternative to conventional methods for dating heavily contaminated bones. This approach isolates hydroxyproline from bone collagen, enabling a purified bone-specific fraction to then be radiocarbon dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS).</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Using semi-preparative chromatography and non-carbon based eluents, this technique enables the separation of underivatised amino acids liberated by hydrolysis of extracted bone collagen. A particular focus has been the isolation of hydroxyproline for single compound AMS dating since this amino acid is one of the main contributors to the total amount of carbon in mammalian collagen. Our previous approach, involving a carbon-free aqueous mobile phase, required a 2-step separation using two different chromatographic columns.2</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p>This paper reports significant improvements that have been recently made to the method to enable faster semi-preparative separation of hydroxyproline from bone collagen, making the method more suitable for routine radiocarbon dating of contaminated and/or poorly preserved bone samples by AMS. All steps of the procedure, from the collagen extraction to the correction of the AMS data, are described.</p> <h4>Conclusions</h4> <p>The modifications to the hardware and to the method itself have reduced significantly the time required for the preparation of each sample. This makes it easier for other radiocarbon facilities to implement and use this approach as a routine method for preparing contaminated bone samples.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:a62fdc18-4dd8-4027-9aa6-821a2ea17cd12022-03-27T02:45:25ZNew protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bonesJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:a62fdc18-4dd8-4027-9aa6-821a2ea17cd1Symplectic Elements at OxfordWiley2017Deviese, TComeskey, DMcCullagh, JRamsey, CHigham, T <h4>Rationale</h4> <p>For radiocarbon results to be accurate, samples must be free of contaminating carbon. Sample pre-treatment using an HPLC approach has been developed at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU) as an alternative to conventional methods for dating heavily contaminated bones. This approach isolates hydroxyproline from bone collagen, enabling a purified bone-specific fraction to then be radiocarbon dated by accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS).</p> <h4>Methods</h4> <p>Using semi-preparative chromatography and non-carbon based eluents, this technique enables the separation of underivatised amino acids liberated by hydrolysis of extracted bone collagen. A particular focus has been the isolation of hydroxyproline for single compound AMS dating since this amino acid is one of the main contributors to the total amount of carbon in mammalian collagen. Our previous approach, involving a carbon-free aqueous mobile phase, required a 2-step separation using two different chromatographic columns.2</p> <h4>Results</h4> <p>This paper reports significant improvements that have been recently made to the method to enable faster semi-preparative separation of hydroxyproline from bone collagen, making the method more suitable for routine radiocarbon dating of contaminated and/or poorly preserved bone samples by AMS. All steps of the procedure, from the collagen extraction to the correction of the AMS data, are described.</p> <h4>Conclusions</h4> <p>The modifications to the hardware and to the method itself have reduced significantly the time required for the preparation of each sample. This makes it easier for other radiocarbon facilities to implement and use this approach as a routine method for preparing contaminated bone samples.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Deviese, T Comeskey, D McCullagh, J Ramsey, C Higham, T New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title | New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title_full | New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title_fullStr | New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title_full_unstemmed | New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title_short | New protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
| title_sort | new protocol for compound specific radiocarbon analysis of archaeological bones |
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