On porosity of archeological bones II. Textural characterization of Mesoamerican human bones

Complementary analysis techniques commonly mentioned in material science were used to characterize the chosen samples: gas adsorption, small angle X-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy. It is shown that, even if the differences between human pathological and healthy bones can be clear in fresh materials, such alterations may be masked by taphonomy in archeological bones.