The meals in a Tuscan building yard during the Middle Age. Characterization of organic residues in ceramic potsherds

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1453-1457

  Giorgi, Gianluca ^a   Salvini, Laura ^a   Pecci, Alessandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeological ceramics; Fatty acids; Gas chromatography (GC); Mass spectrometry (MS)

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CERAMICS; FATTY ACID; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROLYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGES;

ITALY; SIENA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77952544482     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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