image: Dr. Gianni Gallello (in the front) measuring Cast #57 by pXRF, together with Dr. Llorenç Alapon (in the back) at Pompeii Archaeological Park. view more
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.
Journal
PLoS ONE
Article Title
The casts of Pompeii: Post-depositional methodological insights
Article Publication Date
23-Aug-2023
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.