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Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones - but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they died of asphyxiation

08.23.23 | PLOS

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The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological insights
Dr. Gianni Gallello (in the front) measuring Cast #57 by pXRF, together with Dr. Llorenç Alapon (in the back) at Pompeii Archaeological Park. Credit: Alapont et al., CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones - but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they died of asphyxiation

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0289378

Article Title: The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological insights

Author Countries: Spain, UK, Italy

Funding: This study was funded by Ministerio de Universidades, BEAGAL18/00110, Dr Gianni Gallello, Conselleria de Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, Generalitat Valenciana, PROMETEO 2019-056, Dr M. Luisa Cervera, Horizon 2020 Framework Programme, H2020-MSCA-IF-2015-704709-MATRIX., Dr Gianni Gallello. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0289378

The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological insights

23-Aug-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Additional Media

Dr. Gianni Gallello running pXRF analysis on the Cast #57 at Pompeii Archaeological Park. Credit: Alapont et al., CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Anthropology Archeology Bones Chemical Analysis Chemical Composition Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0289378
Article Publication Date
2023-08-23
Article Title
The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological insights
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, August 23). Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones - but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they died of asphyxiation. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRQ5OML/plaster-casts-of-victims-of-the-pompeii-eruption-may-have-contaminated-the-chemical-composition-of-their-bones-but-bioarcheological-analysis-still-suggests-that-they-died-of-asphyxiation.html
MLA:
"Plaster casts of victims of the Pompeii eruption may have contaminated the chemical composition of their bones - but bioarcheological analysis still suggests that they died of asphyxiation." Brightsurf News, Aug. 23 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRQ5OML/plaster-casts-of-victims-of-the-pompeii-eruption-may-have-contaminated-the-chemical-composition-of-their-bones-but-bioarcheological-analysis-still-suggests-that-they-died-of-asphyxiation.html.