Schilling Arndt F, Kummer Tobias, Marshall Robert P, Bauerochse Andreas, Jopp Eilin, Pueschel Klaus, Amling Michael
Department for Trauma, Hand-, and Reconstructive Surgery, Center for Biomechanics and Skeletal Biology, University Medical Center Hamburg Eppendorf, Hamburg 20246, Germany.
Am J Phys Anthropol. 2008 Apr;135(4):479-83. doi: 10.1002/ajpa.20751.
Human remains from peat bogs, called "bog bodies," have yielded valuable insights into human history because of their excellent preservation of soft tissue. On the other hand, the acidic environment of the peat leads to an extensive demineralization of skeletal elements, complicating their analysis. We studied the skeleton of the bog body "Moora" dated to approximately 650 B.C. Nondestructive evaluation of the bone was made using contact X-rays, peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT) analysis, multislice computed tomography (CT) and high resolution micro computed tomography (microCT) imaging. Two thousand seven hundred years in the acidic environment of the bog led to a loss of 92.7% of bone mineral density. Despite this demineralization and in contrast to other bog bodies, the spatial structure of the bones of "Moora" is exceptionally well preserved. We found Harris lines and were able to obtain the first three-dimensional data on the trabecular microstructure of the bone of a young woman from the early Iron Age.
来自泥炭沼泽的人类遗骸，即所谓的“沼泽尸体”，因其软组织保存完好，为人类历史提供了宝贵的见解。另一方面，泥炭的酸性环境导致骨骼元素广泛脱矿，使其分析变得复杂。我们研究了可追溯至公元前650年左右的沼泽尸体“莫拉”的骨骼。使用接触式X射线、外周定量计算机断层扫描（pQCT）分析、多层计算机断层扫描（CT）和高分辨率微计算机断层扫描（microCT）成像对骨骼进行了无损评估。在沼泽的酸性环境中历经两千七百年导致骨矿物质密度损失了92.7%。尽管存在这种脱矿现象，与其他沼泽尸体不同的是，“莫拉”骨骼的空间结构保存得格外完好。我们发现了哈里斯线，并首次获得了来自铁器时代早期一名年轻女性骨骼小梁微观结构的三维数据。
