Wine and olive oil permeation in pitched and non-pitched ceramics: relation with results from archaeological amphorae from Sagalassos, Turkey

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 900-909

  Romanus, Kerlijne ^a   Baeten, Jan ^a   Poblome, Jeroen ^a   Accardo, Sabina ^a   Degryse, Patrick ^a   Jacobs, Pierre ^a   De Vos, Dirk ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Amphorae; Archaeology; Lipids; Olive oil; Pitch; Polyphenols; Residue analysis; Sagalassos; Wine

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIPID;

BURDUR [TURKEY]; EURASIA; SAGALASSOS; TURKEY;

EID: 58149295493     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.11.024     Document Type: Article

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