GC/MS analysis of fatty acids from ancient hearth residues at the swan point archaeological site

Archaeometry

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 110-122

  Kedrowski, B L ^a   Crass, B A ^a   Behm, J A ^a   Luetke, J C ^a   Nichols, A L ^a   Moreck, A M ^a   Holmes, C E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Derivatization; Fatty acids; GC MS; Hearth residues; Late pleistocene; Lipids; Swan point

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HERBIVORE; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PLIOCENE; RUMINANT; SAMPLING; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ALASKA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 58549109876     PISSN: 0003813X     EISSN: 14754754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2008.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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