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Delamination

The separation of the outer table of bone from the underlying diploe or cortex in curved sheets during green-bone burning; produced by rapid steam generation under the periosteum and differential thermal contraction of the cortical layers.

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Calcined boneCrazingDry bone fracture patternGreen bone fracture patternHydroxyapatite (HA)NFPA 921Pope-Smith frameworkShipman colour stagesZooMS (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry)

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