An evaluation of analytical and interpretative methodologies for the extraction and identification of lipids associated with pottery sherds from the site of Sagalossos, Turkey

Archaeometry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 729-747

  Romanus, K ^a   Poblome, J ^a   Verbeke, K ^b   Luypaerts, A ^b   Jacobs, P ^a   De Vos, D ^a   Waelkens, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

13C values; Archaeological potsherds; Fatty acid ratios; GC C IRMS; HPLC MS; Lipids; Residue analysis; Sagalassos; Triglycerides; Turkey

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LIPID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RUMINANT;

EURASIA; TURKEY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 35649009384     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00332.x     Document Type: Article

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