Reconstructing ancient yemeni commercial routes during the middle ages using structural characterization of terpenoid resins

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 668-695

  Regert, Martine ^a   Deviese T ^a   Le Ho A S ^a   Rougeulle, A ^b  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ET DE RESTAURATION DES MUSÉES DE FRANCE   (France)

^b Sorbonne Universités   (France)

Author keywords

Diterpenoids; Frankincense; Gas chromatography Mass spectrometry; Hadramawt; Infrared spectroscopy; Mass spectrometry; Pyrolysis gas chromatography Mass spectrometry; Resins copal; Sharma site; Trading routes; Triterpenoids; Yemen

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGES; RECONSTRUCTION; RESIN; TRADE AND COMMERCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HADRAMOUT; MIDDLE EAST; YEMEN;

BOSWELLIA SACRA; BURSERA FAGAROIDES; HYMENAEA;

EID: 48049121726     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00372.x     Document Type: Article

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