Proteinaceous material from potsherds and associated soils

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-436

  Evershed, R P ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Collagen; Gelatin; High performance liquid chromatography; Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis; Potsherds; Proteins; Soils

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001001625     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0038     Document Type: Article

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