Blood as a binding medium in a Chumash Indian pigment cake

Archaeometry

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 103-112

  Scott, D A ^a   Newman, M ^b   Schilling, M ^a   Derrick, M ^a   Khanjian, H P ^a  

^a GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Getty Conservation Institute ^*

Author keywords

Amino acids; Binder; Blood: animal; Blood: human; California; Fourier transform infrared; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Identification; Immunological analysis; Native American; Pigment cakes; Polarized light microscopy; U.S.A

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030535773     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.1996.tb00764.x     Document Type: Article

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