Sentences with phrase «using fragments of bone»

Not exact matches

X-ray technology is used if other types of contaminants, such as stones, plastic or bone fragments are detected.

Quite simply, the dual energy system uses two different types of energy to create two images of the product — ultimately ensuring the detection of low - density contaminants such as bone fragments is twice as likely.

A patina of calcite coated the fragment, and the researchers used radioactive uranium in the mineral to date the bone to about 55,000 years old.

Using a biomolecular technique developed at York's BioArCh laboratory, the research team studied bone / antler objects and fragments of manufacturing waste from the archaeological remains of Ribe's old marketplace.

«It's not easy to distinguish between an elk and a giant deer using the morphology of small bone fragments.

Today, researchers are able to extract vast amounts of information using current methods — such as precise digital measurement and categorization of the bones, examination of the conditions in which the bone fragments were preserved, as well as isotopic and genetic analysis.

In the new study, a collaborator with Cooke, John Southon of the University of California, Irvine, used radiocarbon dating on a fragment of that leg bone to estimate that the monkey died 1,477 plus or minus 34 years ago, or somewhere between 505 and 573 A.D.

Even supporters of this diet who use it on their own dogs will tell you that there is a chance that a dog may choke on a bone, or that a fragment may become lodged in the dog's system.

Fresh bones with meat and cartilage may be easier on the teeth, but should be used with caution because of the risk of bacterial contamination or ingestion of sharp bone fragments by aggressive chewers.