The use of FT-IR as a screening technique for organic residue analysis of archaeological samples

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-125

  Shillito, Lisa M ^a   Almond, Matthew J ^a   Wicks, Karen ^a   Marshall, Lisa Jane R ^a   Matthews, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological science; Archaeometry; Coprolites; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Infrared spectroscopy; Neolithic archaeology; Pottery analysis; Residue analysis; Roman archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE; ARCHAEOMETRY; COPROLITES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOLITHIC ARCHAEOLOGY; POTTERY ANALYSIS; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLAY DEPOSITS; CLAY MINERALS; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTORY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOSPHORUS; QUARTZ; RESINS; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM SILICATE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RESIN;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLAY; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; ARCHAEOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREAT BRITAIN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 57949098578     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2008.08.016     Document Type: Article

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