Combined FT-Raman spectroscopic and mass spectrometric study of ancient Egyptian sarcophagal fragments

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 387, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 829-836

  Edwards, Howell G M ^a   Stern, Ben ^a   Villar, Susana E Jorge ^b   David, A Rosalie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cartonnage; Egyptian Dynastic sarcophagi; Mass spectrometry; Pistacia; Raman spectroscopy; Residue analysis; Resins

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RESINS; WEATHERING;

CARTONNAGE; EGYPTIAN DYNASTIC SARCOPHAGI; PISTACIA; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

VARNISH;

FATTY ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLANT RESIN;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EGYPT; HISTORY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY;

ARCHAEOLOGY; EGYPT; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RESINS, PLANT; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

PISTACIA; PISTACIA VERA;

EID: 33846625046     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-006-0640-x     Document Type: Article

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