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Calcination

Bone transformation at temperatures above 700°C: complete combustion of the organic collagen fraction, leaving only white hydroxyapatite mineral. Destroys DNA, collagen (precluding isotopic and radiocarbon analysis), and all perimortem trauma signatures except macro-structural fractures.

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