Pine resins and pottery sealing: Analysis of absorbed and visible pottery residues from central New York State

Archaeometry

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 999-1017

  Reber, E A ^a   Hart, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorbed resedue analysis; GC MS; Lipids; Pine resins; Pottery sealing; Visible residue analysis

Indexed keywords

CERAMICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LIPID; PREHISTORIC; RESIDUAL SOIL; RESIN;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 57049103420     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00387.x     Document Type: Article

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