GC-MS analysis and fatty acid ratios of archaeolological potsherds from the western Great Basin of North America

Archaeometry

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-102

  Eerkens, J W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; Fatty acids; GC MS; Great Basin; Lipids; Nevada; Organic residues; Pottery

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE;

EID: 15844394465     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2005.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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