GC-MS analysis of lipids in prehistoric rock paints and associated oxalate coatings from the Lower Pecos Region, Texas

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 115-126

  Spades, S ^a   Russ, J ^a,b  

^a ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODES COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binders; Derivatization; Fatty acids; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Lipids; Lower Pecos Region; Pictographs; Rockart; Transesterification

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE;

EID: 15844362294     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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