Detection of palm fruit lipids in archaeological pottery from Qasr Ibrim, Egyptian Nubia

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 268, Issue 1467, 2001, Pages 593-597

  Copley, M S ^a   Rose, P J ^a   Clapham, A ^a   Edwards, D N ^a   Horton, M C ^a   Evershed, R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological chemistry; Gas chromatography; Gas chromatography combustion isotope ratio mass spectrometry; Nubia; Palm; Qasr Ibrim

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CERAMIC INDUSTRY; EGYPT; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREE;

ARECACEAE; HYPHAENA; NUBIAN; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 0035932380     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2000.1394     Document Type: Article

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