Compositional variations in aged and heated pistacia resin found in late bronze age canaanite amphorae and bowls from Amarna, Egypt

Archaeometry

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 457-469

  Stern, B ^a   Heron, C ^a   Corr, L ^a   Serpico, M ^b   Bourriau, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amarna; Canaanite amphorae; Egypt; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Incense; Late bronze age; Pistacia; Residue analysis; Triterpenoids

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; ORGANIC MATTER; PRESERVATION; RESIN;

EGYPT;

EID: 0141648298     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1475-4754.00121     Document Type: Article

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