Identifying biomolecular origins of solid organic residues preserved in Iron Age Pottery using DTMS and MVA

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 173-193

  Oudemans, Tania F M ^a,b   Eijkel, Gert B ^a   Boon, Jaap J ^a  

^a FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Direct Temperature resolved Mass Spectrometry; Lipids; Organic residue analysis; Polysaccharides; Pottery; Proteins; Solid surface residues

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARTIFACT; IRON AGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRESERVATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33750182677     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.04.007     Document Type: Article

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